ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 September 1944, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE.—Finally To-night: “A Hunting We Will Go” and “Submarine Base.’’ Tuesday: “The Fleet’s In.”

Big stars, hit tunes and a grand laugh-laden story all are merrily am-, algamated in “The Fleet’s In”, a com-' fody with music, commencing at the Opera House on Tuesday, and starring Dorothy Lamour, William Hol-' den and Eddie Bracken. Headed by Betty Hutton, America’s Jitterbug Number One, and Jimmy Dorses’ and his orchestra, with vocalists Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, “The Fleet’s In” featured cast includes Betty Jane Rhodes, pretty song stylist: Leif Erickson, laugh-getter; Cass Daley, eccentric singer of novelty songs, and Lorraine and Rognan, popular comedy dance team wellknown in night clubs and theatres from coast to coast.

With seven new hit songs worked into the hilarious story. “The Fleet’s In” concerns the efforts of William Holden, as a gob, to kiss Dorothy Lamour, who plays the role of a dance I

hall singer. No sailor has ever been successful in trying to kiss Dotty, until Holden uncorks a romantic technique that she finds irresistible.

REGENT THEATRE.—FinaIIy Tonight: “Bataan.” Tuesday: “Nine Men,” starring Jack Lambert.

I “Nine Men” commences at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday. Somewhere in the Libya desert a solitary army jlorry is burning. Nine British soldiers I struggle to get, arms and ammunition land supplies out before the vehicle | blows up. Presently with two of their I number wounded the men begin their; long trek on foot to safety. The story I lof what happens to them is told ini |this exciting film. Sergeant Watson] [the central figure is played by Jack i I Lambert. Ranged behind him in the | ' adventures that follow are Jock Scott I lan ex-Glasgow policeman, Bill Par-! ker, an “old Sweat,” the “Young ’un”[ who faked, his age to join up, Joe' Harvey the lorry driver who tries to bring reinforcements to his besieged comrades, and Banger Hill who kept a coffee stall in London until the ; black-out beat him. The film is based 1

on a story by Gerald Kersh, well- ; known for his outstanding -military 1 fiction.