ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1943, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—To-night: “On the* Sunny Side” and “Escape from 1 Hong Kong.” ■ Roddy McDo’wall has done it again,' this time in a picture all his own “On | the Sunny Side,” showing at thej Opera House. j I It is the human, heart stirring tale ' 1 of a plucky little Briton sent to Am- ’ erica for the “duration.” His life and; ' experiences in a typical American : home are sympathetically portrayed ' in a story replete with laughs, thrills : and tears. It is a touching scene when • Roddy, the gallant little “Tommy,” J speaks to his parents across the At- /' lantic in a trans-oceanic broadcast. |* The action which took place in; l Hong Kong the week before the city; was captured by the Japanese, and i 1 the part the British and the A.meri- ' j cans took to combat the activities of. ■ Axis spies and fifth columnists is woven into the plot of “Escape From < Hong Kong,” also showing at the « Opera House with Don Terry, Leo 1 Carrillo, Andy Devine and Marjorie ’ Lord in featured roles. '

REGENT THEATRE: To-night: “Take j a Letter Darling.” ' Something new in movie plots is' offered in “Take a Letter Darling,”-! i no-starring Rosalind Russell and i i Fred Mac Murray, which is showing: 'at the Regent' Theatre. Miss! ! Russell, a very successful adver-■ I Using executive, hires Mac Murray as, I her secretary. Mac Murray knows' ' nothing about shorthand or typing.| I He’s an artist, temporarily in the fin- ; ancial doldrums, but for the iob he’s l • hired to do, he doesn’t have to know! ! shorthand. He finds himself escorting ' ■Miss Russell around town, occasion-' ; ally posing as her fiance, and always . having to be nice to the jealous wives 'of prospective clients. Mac Murray ' and Miss Russell, of course, fall in I love, but Rosalind won’t admit it. Riotous complications develop with the appearance of Macdonald Carey, a tobacco magnate, and his man-hunting sister. Constance. Moore, who goes after Mac Murray. •' i PATRIOTIC CONCERT. i At the Regent Theatre, on Sunday one of the most enjoyable pro- j grammes of the year has been or- i ganised. The services of a first class orchestra has been secured, and talented performers have been selected from all parts of the West Coast. Ar- ; rangements have been made for; buses to operate to suit country pat- • rons, so a bumper house should be assured. Seats may still be reserved at Miss Brislane’s, Mawhera Quay.