ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1939, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

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“TIHIEE LOVES HAS NANCY.’

The wild three cornered mad romantic farce “Three Loves has Nancy,” starring Robert Montgomery, .Janet Gaynor and Frauchot Tone will be finally screened at the Opera House to-night. A vivacious bubbling story of laughs with tt tear, concerns a small town girl who comes to New York, to seek the man who left her ■waiting at the altar, only to find herself involved as the romantic pivot between two other men; also featured in the cast are Reginald Owen, Guy Kibee and Claire Dodd. “THE DIVORCE OF LADY X.” Merle Oberon fan's will have the thrill of seeing the beautiful star revealed in all her true beauty for the first time when technicolour comedy, “The Divorce of Lady X.” will be screened at the Opera House, to-mor-row. Wednesday and Thursday. Beside marking Merle’s technicolour debut, the Him also marks her first comedy role after a. series of exotic and tragic characterisations. Handsome Laurence Olivier, who scored in “Fire Over England,” appears opposite Meric in this gay story of a beautiful girl forced by heavy fog to stay overnight at a London hotel where she is attending a masquerade ball. Unable to get accommodation, she impudtently invades the suite of a. tired young lawyer, steals his bed. his pyjamas, his book and. incidentally, his heart, and vanishes next morning leaving no name but “Lady X.” She leads the young man a merry chase —but she finally catches him and all ends happily. Also prominently featured in the supporting cast are Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson and Morton Selteu.

YOUNG AUSTRALIANS

Sparkling rapid-fire comedy and brilliant instrumental items by the Young Australian Boys’ Band and Revue Party, will provide an entertainment of outstanding merit at the Town Hall, Greymouth, commencing Monday, May 22, for a season of three nights, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The boys have travelled more than 30,000 miles on tours of South Africa and the overseas countries, and have won wellearned praise from critics at home and abroad. They performed before more than 500.000 people in Rhodesia, and South Africa, and played 78 consecutive performances in Johannesburg. The Young Australians played a record season in Auckland recently, when huge audiences acclaimed their performance as one of the most brilliant ever heard there. Colin Croft is an outstanding figure as a female impersonator, while George Nichols is an adaptable miniic, with his life-long studies of well known screen stars. Six feet live inches in height. Ron Morris is the tallest of the party, and a comedian of ability. Other outstanding lads are Charles Stanton, 14-year-old drum major, conductor, and tap dancer; Fen Robertson, xylophonist: Neil Webb, champion cornet player of Victoria; Les Waterhouse, piano-accord-ionist; George Schilling, pianist; Keith Withers, violinist. A feature of the programme is the piano-accordion’ band, which includes three, of these instruments. Versatility is shown in the combination of instruments, tap dancing, and comedy sketches to form a harmonious sequence. Seats may be reserved at Kilgour’s. .

REGENT, NOW SHOWING: A SPLENDID DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME “DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES” AND “ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.”

Students of Criminology are familiar with the axiom so often quoted by the Police Forces of the world that the cleverest criminal always overlooks one little thing in his plan which eventually brings him to justice. In the film “Dead Men Tell No Tales” starring Emlyn Williams, based on Francis Reeding’s sensational novel ••Norwick Victims” patrons will find no exception to this time honoured rule. The murderer cover his tracks so completely that the police do not know whether to ascribe the disappearance of the victims to suicide or an accident. Neither have they the faintest idea who committed the murder until the confidently awaited clue turns up. We confidently recommend this film to all lovers of thrilling films and predict that the audience will be considerably exercised in trying to detect the culprit. The unfolding of the story is such that it cannot be described in a few lines. THE ASSOCIATE FEATURE “Accidents Will Happen” is a timely and thrilling story taken from newspaper headlines. It is based upon the “fake injuries racket,” a scheme which has taken many millions of dollars from insurance companies throughout the U.S.A, and which has been exposed in several sections within the past few months. A number of men and women who simulated serious injuries, and a number of crooked physicians who helped them, are now serving jail terms. Ronald Reagan heads the cast with Gloria Biondell. Dick Purcell and Sheilla Bromley. Together these two features make a very outstanding entertainment which will appeal to young and old. Many were turned away on Saturday, and if is advisable to 'phone and reserve.

ATHLETIC CLUB’S DANCE. A record crowd, again attended the Greymouth Amateur Athletic Club’s dance at the United Pavilion last Wednesday. Tins dance, which is attracting dance lovers, not only from Grevmouth. but also from the country districts, is proving to be one of the most, popular weekly dances run on the Coast for years. This Wednesday special preparations are being made for an even larger crowd and patrons are assured of a merry time.