ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1942, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE: Now Showing: “The Girl in the News,” and March of Time —“The Argentine Question.”

The London film critic who described “The Girl in the News” as “the nearest thing to directorial perfection ever,” gave an apt description of this production which is now showing at the Opera House. The background of this gripping drama, which co-stars Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes and Emlyn Williams, is modern England with a strong detective and legal background. It tells of a young nurse who is twice wrongfully accused of murder and is twice acquitted through the efforts of a young lawyer, with whom she afterwards falls in love. The “black-out” is used as an excuse to prevent Roger Livesey discovering Margaret Lockwood's hiding place; mystery and comedy is extracted from the efforts of a taxidriver to retrace a previous journey; a piece of detection hangs on an invalid chair that will not go through a certain door; innocent portions of a dialogue are re-quoted with damaging effect; a “montage” sequence of closing doors and descending lifts shows an unavailing search for work; a reflection in a silver tray and a “closeup” of a kettle give added point to a callous murder plot, while the tendency on the part of one of the characters to patronise a barber’s shop at least twice a day leads not only to the acquittal of the girl, but also to the arrest of the real culprit.

REGENT THEATRE: Now Showing: “They Met in Bombay.”

The Far East! Colourful and exotic' Bombay! India! The China Sea! Hong Kong! The Burma Road! These are the outposts of the Orient which lend their colourful backgrounds to “They Met in Bombay.” Combining the versatile talents of Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell as co-stars, now showing at the Relent Theatre, is a romantic melodrama graphically keyed into international complications in the Orient. With Clark Gable a 3 a fighting ex-officer of the British army turned soldier of fortune, and Rosalind Russeh as an artful adventuress and Lady Raffles matching wits and dramatic resources as its co-stars, “They Met. in Bombay” is a thrilling theatrical treat. Gable has never been more vital than he is here as a discredited officer lighting against heavy odds in seeking to re-establish himself and his fortunes. Miss Russell unveils heretofore unexploited talents as the daring, unscrupulous adventuress who first tries to outsmart Gable; then, in defeat, flees with him in madly desperate retreat through Far Eastern ports of call. Here is a thrilling, amazing story of adventure, with a smashing climax, brilliantly directed and lavishly produced. Excellent associate programme includes: M.G.M. Minature, “Ghost Treasure”; Fitzpatrick Coloured Traveltalk, “Old New Mexico”; and latest Regent Air Mail News.