ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1941, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE:—Now Showing: “Convoy,” starring Clive Brook and Judy Campbell.

No film in recent years has so gripped the imagination as “Convoy,” which is now showing at the Opera House, for an extended season. With a canvas crammed with highgeared thrills, desperate adventures, resounding naval encounters, pulsating acts of individual heroism and adorned with bluff, sardonic humour of the British bluejacket and men of the Merchant Service, this large scale nroduction fulfils up to the hilt every demand for a topical drama extolling Britain’s command of the seas. A flagship, expecting leave, is ordered to sea without a breathing space to convoy a fleet of merchantmen. Among the latter is a tough old skipper who thinks he can do better away from the convoy and takes his ship, packed with refugees, on a course of his own. On the flagship the Captain (Clive Brook), is disconcerted to find the Admiralty have appointed as his lieutenant the man who ran away with his wife and left her stranded. The girl in question is on the refugee ship, which is soon in difficulties with a U-boat. The flagship Captain ignores her SOS lest he imperil the rest of his charges, but the Lieutenant dispatches a plane to its assistance, only to have it shot down. Thougn the captain’s wife is saved, and explains away his bigoted misjudging of his younger colleague, the flagship has to engage single-handed the German pocket-battleship, “Deutschland. The whole production is alive with action from end to end, with every ingredient of popular entertainment skilfully moulded into a film you will really enjoy and long remember. John Clements plays the part of the Lieutenant, Judy Campbell as the lovetroubled wife, and Edward Chapman as the tramp skipper. REGENT: —Finally To-night: “The House Across the Bay.” Commencing Friday: “The Great Victor Herbert.” This picture is not so much a bioof Herbert as a drama of the composer’s influence over the show world of his day. It tells of the romance of a stage-struck girl and the matinee idol of the day. who meet m Herbert’s gay world, find fame in Ins operettas and happiness in friendship with the great man. Miss Martin, as the young girl, comes to New York with her only assets uncommonly good looks, a fine singing voice and a determination to make a name on Broadway. Her lucky day comes when she meets Herberts premier star, Jones, who falls in love with her, makes her his wife and later his sta,.,c partner. Follow the couple s dramatic experiences over which. Heibeit, in the person of Connolly, casts a shadow. Their struggle to stay in public favour, to prevent their marriage from becoming just anotnei Broadway affair” and to make anothei star of their talented daughter form a fast-paced backstage story. Miss Martin only needed one role to make her name famous. Her singing of My Heart Belongs to Daddy” m Leave It To Me,” did the trick. Another newcomer’is the sensational singing discovery 14-year-old Susanna Foster. ' Some of Victor Herbert’s best-re-membered songs intersperse the story, including: “A Kiss in the Dark, ’ “Kiss M Again,” and “I’m Falling in Love With Someone.” Patrons are urged to book early. ’Phone 601 now.