ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 March 1943, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—To - night: “Birth of the Blues” and “Hello Annapolis.”

The star studded, happy musical mirthquake, “The Birth of the Blues” with Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Dunlevy, Carolyn Lee and Rochester in leading roles and feaI luring Jack Teagarden and his orchestra is showing at the Opera I House. This merry melange of laughter and music, and the I boys who took jazz out of the rut and ; put it in the groove contains such I well-known song hits as “Wait Till (the Sun Shines Nellie,” “St. Louis j Blues,” “Melancholy Baby,” “Cuddle up a Little Closer,” “The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid,” “Birth of the Blues,” “St. James Infirmary.” and “Down by the Old Mill Stream.” i ; “HELLO ANNAPOLIS” j Hit the deck with the middies as I they rock the screen with thrills in “Hello Annapolis,” a thrilling story of Uncle Sam’s fighting Marines, starring Tom Brown and Jean Parker, showing at the Opera House. REGENT TH EATRE—To-night: “49th Parallel.” “49th Parallel” is a message of irresistible power - . . .• never did a story more clearly reveal the mesI sage of democracy and the ultimate, fate of dictators and the dictated.! The title springs from the geography book. The 49th Parallel marks the boundary line between Canada and the U.S.A., the only undefendecil frontier in the world. The intensely] dramatic story is a saga of high adventure, quietly emphasising the perfect understanding between the two great democracies—the United States of America and Canada. It shows what happens to six Nazi U-boat sailors marooned on the Canadian coast, then - furtive, thieving, murderous dash across the Dominion in search of safe refuge in the then neutral U.S.A, 'and their ultimate ends. ST. PATRICK’S SPORTS |

Nominations for the chopping, cycling and foot-racing close tomorrow. Big fields are expected for the chopping events, and while

! cyclists and runners are not so l numerous as formerly, then - entries will be good and competition keen. The National Dancing Schools’ event, and Baby Show, will all go to make a very enjoyable afternoon. Stepping and weight-guessing competitions, and a number of attractive sideshows will ensure that there are no dull moments, and there will as usual be a booth, tea rooms and sweets stall on the ground. The annual procession preceding the sports leaves the Hibernian Hall at 1 p.m. and will comprise a number of attractive tableaux. The Municipal Band and the Pipe Band will both take part. The Hibernian Ball will be held in Schaef’s Hall on Tuesday, March 16, and no effort will be spared to make it an outstanding success. On Wednesday. March 17, the Irish National Concert takes place in the Town Hall, when the usually high standard of the programme will be fully maintained.