EMPRESS, NEWTON
“SHOW BOAT’ “Show Boat,” th© big production, which is now at th© Empress Theatre. Newton, includes some of the most remarkable scenic effects brought to the screen.
The story concerns the romance and adventures o l a young woman. Magnolia, brought up on a Mississippi show-boat, a role played with great success h; Laura La Plants Then a debonair and care-free lover comes into the of the girl. He is * gentleman gamb*--
down on his luck, and only too wiiLnt to accept the male role on the showboat, a part which has been allotte to Joseph Schildkraut, who gives an excellent Interpretation. The y° uE ~ pair fall desperately in love, in sP i: ; of the vigilance of the girl’s motneand how their romance progress?-’ under tho guis© of rehearsals is ' lightfully told in the picture.
MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT
The eleventh concert of the seasc* 1 will be given by the Municipal Ba-> in the Town Hall on Saturday eveni*next, when a programme selected e tirely by the public will be submit _ So far, the popular voting Liszt’s “Second Hungarian Rhapso •... the bandmaster's “Viva UC »!rpi*ua march, “Finlandia” tone poem, 4 * i( j Dame” overture, “Blue Danube ’ and “Lucia di Lammermoor” selecu - also “The Desert Song” selection ' the forefront of favouritism. Tll ®,^ r 4on items will be given by the yf*. gt Quartette. Seats may be Lewis Eady, Ltd.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 783, 2 October 1929, Page 16
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230EMPRESS, NEWTON Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 783, 2 October 1929, Page 16
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