ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 January 1944, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE: Finally To-night: “Forever Cherished.” Friday: “Pierre of the Plains” and "The Nurse's Secret.”

Pierre, beloved rogue of the famous stage play, comes to the screen in new adventures in the Canadian. North-west in “Pierre of the Plains,” swashbuckling romance of the wilds, commencing at the Opera House to-morrow, with John Carroll playing the sanguinary French-Can-adian adventurer, teamed with Ruth Hussey, who puts glamour into her first, outdoor adventure role. The' story follows the adventures of Pierre as he befriends the Indians, breaks up a marriage for the heroine, whom he later wins, helps her brother, falsely accused of murder, to escape from the Royal Mounted Police, and, after other escapades, fights and comical episodes, extricates himself from a murder charge by his naive wit. Carroll and Bruce Cabot stage a thrilling hand-to-hand battle, and other thrills interlace the romance and comedy. “The Nurse’s Secret.” starring Lee Patrick and Regis Toomey, commences at the Opera House to-mor-row. The story deals with murder in a wealthy family circle, and the eventual apprehension of a ruthless criminal. A nurse called in by the family aids the youthful detective to whom the case has been assigned, and together they attempt to solve the baffling case. Their combined efforts bear fruit, for, in addition to solving the mystery, the final fadeout finds the pair on tneir way to the nearest Justice of the Peace.

REGENT THEATRE: Finally Tonight: “The Falcon's Brother. Friday: “The Corsican Brothers.

“The Corsican Brothers,” one of the strangest stories ever written bv the great master of romantic adventure, Alexander Dumas, commences at the Regent Theatre on Friday. Douglas Fairbanks, junr., in the dual role of the twin brothers who seek revenge for the wrongs done their family by the Corsican tyrant of one hundred years ago, has no easy task. He is required to create two separate characters who are different, yet alike- in most respects. One, brought up in luxury, is a gay young man of the world. The other, .raised in the wilds of Corsica, is 2 ■dour and forbidding personality. The twins are invisibly bound to each other for life—yet worlds apart and enemies to death —living, loving ana lighting as one man, each feeling the other’s" pain and joy. Fairbanks manages to convey their likenesses as well as their differences with an authenticity that is astounding. The production is highly spectacular and awesome, and the stoiy vivid and exciting. ___