ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1943, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

dPERA HOUSE—Finally To-night: “Belle Star.’’ Friday: “She’s My Lovely” and “Sunset in Wyoming.”

Flawless entertainment, enhanced by the kind of music audiences always seem to like best, commences at the Opera House to-morrow in the tuneful, breezy, romantic drama “She’s My Lovely,” co-starring Gloria Jean and Donald O’Connor, two of Hollywood’s most promising juvenile performers. Jane Frazee and Robert Paige have ingratiating voles in the very plausible story which has to do with the adventures of a youthful concert star who wearies of it all and runs away. Gloria appears as the child-celebrity and her unforgettable voice is heard in several well-chosen selections, which include “Sempra Libre,” “Drink id Me Only,” “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms,” “Villanelle,” and many others.

“SUNSET IN WYOMING” Packed with action, adventure, and songs, Gene Autry hits a new high in rangeland entertainment, in his latest picture, “Sunset in Wyoming,” commencing at the Opera House to-mor-row. with Smiley Burnette, Maris .Wrixon and George Cleveland in featured roles.

REGENT THEATRE —Finally ionight: “Goodbye Mr Chips,” Friday: “The Gold Rush.”

The slightly older generation remembers ''Charlie Chaplin much as il. remembers its youth. At the'mention of his magic name, the 'moustache, the derby, the cane and the baggy . trousers —an unforgettable scene from a favourite picture brings a smile to the lips. Now the release of “The Gold Rush,’ ’one of Charlie’s most brilliant, comedies which commences at the Regent Theatre on Friday, will be welcomed by a generation which will have a chance to judge for itself and to ponder the

tributes showered upon Charlies head by the great and near-great. Charlie portrays a hard-luck prospector in the mad gold rush aays ot the Klondike. Chaplin wrote and directed the production, in which he is first and foremost the beloved little tramp who wears an air ot romantic hunger—forever taking a pathetic stand against the powers that be. The supporting players who are well known io the older generation ■include old favourites as Mark Swain, Georgia Hale and Tom Murray. ___