TO-NIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS.

Evening Star, Issue 25300, 7 October 1944, Page 6

TO-NIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS.

—Pictures. — Regent.—Dick Powell, Dorothy Lamour, and Victor Moore in the technicolour musical attraction, ' Riding High. 1 State.—Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, Billie Burke, Pola Negri, June Havoc, and Adolphe Menjou provide plenty of laughs in ' Hi Diddle Diddle.' Empire.—A dramatic picture of interest to all women, ' Ladies Courageous,' features Loretta Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald Anne Gwynne, Diana Barrymore. Evelyn Ankers, June Vincent, and Lois Collier. Strand.—An action-filled Western attraction. ' Romance of the Range,' with Roy Rogers and George " Gabby" Hayes, and the comedy ' Spotlight Scandals,' featuring Billy Gilbert, Frank Fay, and Bonnie Baker. St. James.—The comedians, Abbott and Costello in ' Hold That Ghost,' also featuring Richard Carlson, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, and the Andrew Sisters; and Turhan Bey as an eccentric scientist, in 'The Mad Ghoul.' ! Octagon.—Robert Donat has his most outstanding Tole in ' The Young Mr Pitt,' in which supporting parts are taken by Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, and John Mills. Grand.—A picture for " swing enthusiasts, ' Jam Session,' featuring Ann Miller and six leading bands; and also Bill Elliott in 'The Return of Wild Bill.* Mayfair.—' Tales of Manhattan,' with an all-=tar cast, headed by Charles Laughion, Charles Boycr, Rita Hay worth, and Ginger Rogers. Municipal, Green Island.—Cary Grant and Laraine Day in ' Mr Lucky.' —Skating.— Do Luxe Rink.— Filleul —Dancing.— Town Hall.—Final of the Personality Contest. Pioneer Hall—Wembley Dance. St. John Ambulance Hall. Old-time and modern dancing.