ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 May 1943, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE —Finally To-night: “Night in New Orleans*' and “Arizona Bound.” Friday: “L.ndy from Louisiana” and “Atlantic Convoy.”

Stirring, romantic adventure set in the world’s most glamorous city, “Lady from Louisiana” commences at the Opera House to-morrow. Miss Munson is cast as the beautiful and imperious daughter of the New Orleans lottery promoter, played by Henry Stephenson. John Wayne is the young crusading Yankee brought down to the southern metropolis by reformer Helen .Westley to put the lottery out of business. The two meet —“The Lady from Louisiana” and. the crusading Yankee —fall in love and give rise to dramatic complications when the southern, belle’s father is killed. Feeling that the man she loves is responsible, “The Lady-from Louisiana” tries to expel him from her heart, but love finds a way—as it ever does — and the picture ends in happy reunion. “ATLANTIC CONVOY” Breath-taking action, fabulous adventure and thundering thrills are' all combined in “Atlantic Convoy,” at the Opera House to-morrow. The story takes place at a small flyng base somewhere in Iceland, where Bennett, a Captain in the Marine Corps, is entrusted with the job of protecting Atlantic convoys. Infuriated at recent torpedoings, most of the Marines at the base suspect their weatherman, played by Beal, of lipping off local Nazis as to convoy departures, etc. Before their suspicions can be.confirmed or repudiated, Miss Field enters the scene, when a ship, on which she was fleeing from Europe, is torpedoed. One of her fellow-survivors is revealed as a Nazi agent and he manages to implicate Beal in his affairs.

REGENT THEATRE—FinaIIy Tonight: “Lady in a Jam.” Friday: “My Favourite Blonde.”

Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll and a penguin named Percy lead some Nazi spies through a series of hilarious, adventures in “My Favourite Blonde,” Faster and funnier- than all previous Eob Hope pictures rolled into one. The picture presents Madeleine in the title role, with Hope as a ham vaudeville actor who has obtained a Hollywood contract because of his partner, Percy, a trained penguin. Madeleine, a British secret agent, is bound for Los Angeles with’ 'flight plans for the U.S. Army Air Corps when she barges in oh the startled Hope and announces she’s going to accompany him to Hollywood. The picture doesn’t lag for a single second. Gale Sondergaard heads the spy gang. Outstanding associate programme includes: Popeye Cartoon, Spotlight; The Quiz Kids; Benchley Comedy; Ministry of Information, “The Day That Saved the World,” and latest overseas news. MISS AMERICA Mr. A. Hill presided at a meeting of the Miss America committee last evening. The following officers and committees were elected:—

• Deputy-chairman, Mr. P. Coll; secretary, Mr. P. Sweetman; Treasurer, Mr. A. M. Carroll; assistant secretary, (Mrs. E. O’Neill; games committee, Messrs T. P. Ryan (chairman), P. Coll, M. Jones, F. Costello, and M. McDonald, with power to add; competitions (women), Mesdames E. Parfitt (chairman), McKane, N. Lovell. Sullivan, Misses M. O’Neill and N. Moffatt; dance committee, Mr. G. Batty (to convene meeting); finance Messrs Carroll, Ryan and Hill; central committee delegates, Mrs. McKane and Rev. Brother Tarcisius. Misses C. Moore (Norway), F Purcer (Greece) and M. George (China) were elected as Princesses