AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

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“THE ROGUE SONG.”

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

r ‘Thfe- Rogue Song,” Metro-Goldwyn Maker’s drama of tlfe Cfeu* casus, filmed Entirely in technicolor, with Tibbett is . ttie ‘stir, will oped on Wednesday at the Princess Theatre. Tibbiltt lings songs rangifig- from those of operatic calibre, with a symphony orchestri ;|ccompani'ment, to simple love ballads. rides at breakneck pqtfe vbff&l ' adventures, while brilliant baHets;-' magnificent mountain scenery.;* and other interesting details aVe reputed to make this picture one of the m6st . elaborate productions ot tKe vear.i‘ dTlie .Albertina Rasch Ballet, jn a specfachlar all colour number with a hundred gfrls, dance to special music written by the modernistic composer, Dimitri Tiomkin. Despite the; elaib-, ojfhte. music * ballets and colour, it is sftid . the picture is not “high-brow.” Lt&h’el Rhtfyrribre directed it as a drama of adventure, loVe and romance, with the lnnsic a part of, rather than the' principal factor of the draima. Tibbett playes swashbuckling Russian "Robin Rood, head of, a gang 01 singing bandits who steal from the rich and give to the poor. Catherine Dale Owen plays, thq prin.ce.ss whom he meets on one or "hi s raids and learns to love. This love plunges him into the series of adventures which makes up the story. The festival in the village,. the escape from the Cossacks, the abduction of the princess, her rescue, by the ’Russian soldiers, and and his singing band, singing as they ride over cliffs at breakneck speed are some of interesting details of the production. For comedy, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Hal Roach’s comedy team, are present. They play ttvo of the bandits and their continuous downing the stpry furnishes liiforious cp^e'dyJrelieL^