ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1941, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE: —Noy/ Showing: “An Angel from Texas” and “House of the Arrow.”

Romping through the uproarious comedy, “An Angel From Texas, which is now showing at the Opera House, is the gay trio: Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris and Ronald Reagan, and their three comedy girl friends, Rosemary Lane, Jane Wyman and ’Ruth Terry. It’s the hilarious story ot adventures —of Lydia Weston from Lone Star, Texas. Lydia, fresh from the triumphs in the Elks Auditorium is bent on a great dramatic career m New York. Rosemary Lane plays this role, and opposite her is Eddie Albert. Lydia is forced to accept a secretarial job to two producers. When country boy Eddie Albert comes to the big city with 20,000 dollars bulging in his pockets and fostering the fond hope that he will buy a hotel and settle down with Lydia, the producers pounce on him and sell him an interest in a play fairly reeking of moth balls. Unfortunately, the play hits a snag when the leading lady, played by Ruth Terry, threatens to summon her boy friend. Luckily, Reagan’s wife, played by lovely Jane Wyman, is a sweepstakes winner with a conscience. Certain of the fact that she will cure her husband of his erring ways, she aids Eddie in buying the show outright.

“THE HOUSE OF THE ARROW.”

Madame Harlow dies during the night in her French villa, and poison is the cause. All her family and household were not exactly mourning her. The library shows that someone has been taking a keen interest in curare, the poison used on arrows by South African natives. This is the opening situation of “The House of the Arrow,” an ingenious thriller which is now showing at the Opera House, and old friend Inspector Hannaud is called in, to straighten the pretty tangle that involves two more murders, and a surprise finish in a deserted house. Kenneth Kent and Diana Churchill play the leading roles.

REGENT:-t-Now Showing: “Rebecca.” Huge crowds have attended the screenings of this production.

“Rebecca” is the film version of the best selling novel of the same name by Daphne Du Maurier, and retains all the gripping drama of the book.

Laurence Olivier, who made a tremendous hit as the hero of “Wuthering Pleights,” plays the role of Maxim de Winter, the socially prominent owner of Manderley, the vast Tudor estate where most of the action unwinds. Joan Fontaine is cast as the second Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca’s successor, who is subjected to the tyrannical and sadistic cruelty of Mrs. Danvers, played by Judith Anderson.

Too many words of praise cannot be said of the exciting and suspenseful manner in which the director has turned it into one of the most brilliantly conceived and executed melodramas ever to reach the screen, and the story moves with tremendous impact to a climax which leaves the spectator breathless. Olivier and Miss Fontaine in the top starring roles, furnish performances which haven’t been equalled on the screen in many a moon, while Miss Anderson, as the malevolent Mrs. Danvers, turns in a piece of acting that is unsurpassed. ~ Patrons are advised to make their reservations now, as bookings are heavy.