ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 January 1944, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE: Finally To-night: “Pierre of the Plains” and “Castle in the Desert.” Tuesday: “Where’s That Fire?” and “The Nurse’s Secret,”

A picture comprising some really funny detail work, bright dialogue and repartee, also hearty slapstick. Will Hay plays an excellent part as Captain Viking, head of a village fire brigade, and is ably supported by Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt, in the hilarious fire fighting farce “Where’s That Fire?” commencing at the Opera House to-morrow. The best sequence is when Viking decides to instal a pole in the station, like the one he had seen in London, down which the men slide. He gets it wedged across the street, causing great traffic confusion. It. is an hilarious sequence. The petrol store blaze lends itself to much wild slapstick and fooling, and finally leads to the capture of the villains of the piece in the Tower of London.

Calculated to please the most exacting mystery fan as well as the average moviegoer, “The Nurse’s Secret,” starring Lee Patrick and Regis Toomy, commences at the Opera House to-morrow.

The exciting 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 fade-out finds the pair on their way to the nearest Justice of the Peace.

REGENT THEATRE—To-night: “The Corsican Brothers.”

“The Corsican Brothers,” one of the strangest stories ever written bv the great master of romantic adventure, Alexander Dumas, is showing at the Regent Theatre.

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 :ncst respects. One, brought, up in luxury, is a gay young man of the world. "The other, raised in the wilds of Corsica, is a dour and forbidding personality. The twins are invisibly bound to each other, for life—yet worlds apart and enemies to death—living, loving and fighting 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 stoiv vivid and exciting.