ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 June 1943, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—Finally To-night: “Laugh It Off” and “Madame Spy. To-morrow: “Marry the Boss’s Daughter” and “Gangs of the City.

He was a bright young man. “Why waste your technique on the typist when, the same line will land the boss’s daughter,” he thought. And so Bruce Edwards, in the breezy comedy “Marry the Boss’s Daughter,” commencing at the Opera House to-mor-row, followed the advice of Professor Robert Emmett Rogers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who said that the only way for a young man to get along these days is to marry the boss’s daughter. This comedy starts with Bruce, a young man from the West, coming to New York to seek his fortune. He is a very systematic fellow. He starts at the Battery, and files an application in every office on the way up town. But no one seems to want his particular type of genius.. Then he has a stroke of luck. He finds a dog belonging to Brenda Joyce, the beautiful blonde daughter of tycoon George Barbier. Brenda goes for his unusual technique, and talks Pop into giving this handsome boy with a tricky line a job. How he sells himself to the boss’s daughter and—the boss!—promises to make for an unusual comedy film.

A daringly, different and sensational story of the newspaper world, society and a band of criminal smugglers “Gangs of the City” commences at the Opera House to-mor-row with Philip Terry as a newspaper reporter and Wendy Barrie in the role of a society debutante. When a false story given to him in a fit of annoyance causes the young reporter to be fired, Bonnie straightaway repents and enters into a deal with Scat Masters, an underworld character, to buy documents which will incriminate the master minds of a ring engaged in smuggling aliens into the United States. She believes that with these documents Bill can blow the lid off the alien smuggling ring editorially, and thus get back his job. However, the secret head of the ring learns what is transpiring and orders his men to prevent the documents from failing into Bill’s hands. So effectively are these orders carried out that Bill and Bonnie not only fail to get the documents, but they almost fail to survive the ruthless machinations of the criminals.

REGENT THEATRE—FinaIIy Tonight: “Crossroads”. Commencing Tuesday: “Hei Tiki.” One of the most important feature films to reach a local screen is the New Zealand production, “Hei Tiki,” to be presented at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday', Wednesday and Thursday. The film which deals with Maori history, was produced in the Lake Taupo district. The theme is, of course, highly dramatic, and is heightened by the fine singing of the Maoris. The story is simply this: The chief of a certain Maori tribe had to preserve his firstborn female child so that she would be a virgin bride for the mythical war god, Maru, when the latter chose to make his appearance. This is discovered by a hostile tribe, one of whose leaders decides to impersonate the war god and carry off the beauteous young maiden, who is named Mara. This is duly done and discovered too late by the first tribe. That doesn’t deter them from invading the land of the intruders, and there is a fine battle scene.

HOSPITAL BRING-AND-BUY

1 The function at the Hospital on Saturday afternoon, for Miss America netted the satisfactory figure of over £3O. Sister Ainsworth was secretary and stalls were in charge of the following:—Fancy goods (Sistei' Allitt); produce (Sister Hughes); cakes (Sister McNamara): afternoon tea (Sister Thompson); games (Messrs F. Costello and Hill). The Greymouth Pipe Band played selections during the afternoon.