ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 November 1943, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—To-nicjht: “The Postman Didn’t Ring” and “Thru Different Eyes.”

A grand package of surprise entertainment is the romantic comedy “The Postman Didn’t Ring,” starring Richard Travis and Brenda Joyce, showing at the Opera House. The 'well-constructed story imagines the sudden recovery of a mail bag missing fifty years and then focuses the camera on a postal inspector, as he distributes the missives among the heirs of the intended recipients. One of these is Richard Travis; and, while it would be unfair to divulge the fateful content's of his letter, suffice it to say that, as a result of its arrival, handsome Richard wins a fortune, Brenda Joyce wins him and —a whole town is set on its ear!

“THRU DIFERENT EYES”

Four pairs of eyes saw the crime; but four pairs of lips told different stories, while a man’s life hung in the balance —proving that, when it’s murder, seeing isn’t always believing! “Thru Different .Eyes,” showing at the Opera House to-night with Frank Craven, Mary Howard and Donald Wood in leading roles is one of the most baffling, most unusual murder mystery dramas of the year. Tantalizingly unfolded in the flash-back manner, the story concerns the tribulations of a country district attorney beset by an unfathomable killing and a meddlesome wife. As far as the State is concerned, the case was closed with the conviction of the fiance of the D.A.’s own niece. That’s where the missus steps in. She is very close to her niece and, since her intuition tells her the guilty one is still at large, she takes the matter into her own hands.

REGENT THEATRE — To-night: ■■ “Yes, Madam.”

It’s the sort of thing that happens in films, but such things add to one’s enjoyment of life, and such films as “Yes, Madam,’ which is showing at the Regent Theatre, do the same. Starring Bobby Howes and Diana Churchill, the film will give much amusement in retrospect when they try to remember what incident made them laugh most. Bill and Sally are heirs of a legacy which they inherit only if .they succeed in keeping jobs as domestic servants for a month. Should they be sacked Tony inherits the money. Bill burgles at his master’s _ instructions and almost loses Sally’s affection. Tony almost succeeds in getting them both fired, but the clock, and a clause of the ’will save them. Wylie Watson and Bertha Belmore as the newly rich employers of Bill and Sally; 1 Fred Emney as Sir Charles Drake-Drake, suggested as a relation to Donald Duck, and Vera Pearce as a robust stage star all combine to make one of the most amusing pictures seen for many a long dav.