ENTERTAINMENTS
OPERA HOUSE —Finally To-night: “The Buccaneer.” Friday: “Tom Dick, and Harry.”
The romantic problems of a pretty working girl with too many beaux motivates the sparkling and hilariou* theme of Ginger Rogers’s’ latest film vehicle, “Tom, Dick, and Harry,” commencing at the Opera House tomorrow. George Murphy, Alan Marshall and Burgess Meredith enact the title roles in this gay offering. The lovely star is cast as a romantically inclined telephone girl who impulsively allows herself to become betrothed to three young fellows, all of varying financial and social position. “CALLING DR. DEATH” The most exciting mystery thriller in the archives of psychopathic murder, commences at the Opera House to-morrow in the initial drama “Calling Dr. Death,” with Lou Chaney, Patricia Morrison, J. Carrol Naish and Ramsay Ames in leading roles. The story is based upon the mysterious murder of Chaney’s beautiful but psychopathic wife. Chaney is a master of hypnosis. Hhis power he employs to heal the unbalanced minds of his mentally ill patients. When the neurologist’s mind snaps, caused by his unfaithful wife, the lapse gives the distraught doctor reason to believe that he himself took the life of his wife. J. Carrol Naish, as Inspector Cregg, adds numerous startling twists to the plot which involves David Bruce as the convicted, but innocent, murderer. Flow Chaney accomplishes the detection of the guilty criminals, through the fascinating channels by which he has cured others, brings a surprising climax. REGENT THEATRE: Finally Tonight: “Fired Wife.” Friday: “His Butler’s Sister.” Starring Deanna Durbin, the gay new comedy-drama, “His Butler’s Sister,” commences at the Regent Theatre on Friday. Believing her brother, Pat O’Brien, to be wealthy and in a position to help her ambitions for a singing career, Deanna arrives in New York from a small Indiana city to find her brother a butler. His employer, Franchot Tone, is a noted composer, and Deanna upsets her brother by staying on in the household as a new maid, hoping the composer will eavesdrop on her singing some time. There is plenty of scope for comedy, and when Deanna is overwhelmed by all the other butlers in the apartment building, each of whom invites her to the Butler’s Ball, it is only to be expected that there is a merry mix up. The singing in this picture is outstanding, and one scene in a Russian cabaret where Deanna' is supported by a Russian male choir is one of the musical highlights.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 October 1944, Page 7
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