ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 July 1945, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE. —To-night: “Miss London Ltd.” A genuine wartime tonic, with all the fun and frolics of a brand new snapoy show, can best describe the musical comedy show, “Miss London Ltd.,” with Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall and Ann Shelton in the leading roles, showing at the Opera House “Big-Hearted” Arthur’s role is that of head of an agency run to provide escorts for men from the Services on leave in London, but until Evelyn Dall turns up to show- him how to run it he is not very successful. Evelyn puts new life into the concern by engaging really lovely girls to act as escorts instead of the old fashioned dowdies that Arthur had picked. Evelyn Dall and Ann Shelton share the vocal honours in “Miss London Ltd.,” whilst the musical numbers include: My Father was a Yes Man; If You Could Only Cook; You Too Can Have a Lovely Romance; A Fine Hpw Do You Do; I’m Only Me; Keep Cool, Calm and Collect; and The 8.50 Choo-Choo to Waterloo. ON THE SAME PROGRAMME. The special featurette, “The German Concentration Camp Atrocities.” This is a horror film suitable only for adults. This film will be shown at the close of the programme. Those not wishing to see it may leave the theatre. Definitely -will not be screened on Saturday afternoon. REGENT THEATRE.— To-night: “King’s Row.” Starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Regan and Betty Field. The screen version of Henry Bellamann’s unforgettable best-selling novel, “King’s Row,” is showing at the Regent Theatre to-night. Ann Sheridan. Ronald Regan, Robert Cummings and Betty Field are starred, and a brilliant supporting cast includes Claude Rains, Nancy Coleman, Charles Coburn, Judith Anderson, Kaaren Verne, Maria Ouspensakaya and Henry Davenport. The action of the story is fast and dramatic, involving almost all the varied elements and circumstances that keep life in a small city interesting and provoking. It is the story of love and hate, bitter tragedy and rich comedy mixed in the proportions that these are mixed m the real life—a story of a comparatively small community, where the tangled lives and loves of young and old present a pattern of fascinating variety. Towns, like individuals, are never either all good or all bad. King s Row was such a town. The story that comes from this town makes use of all the tragedy and drabness that is found in such a place, but it also focuses attention on the high notes of happiness for the human beings who struggle there to make their lives and their loves more understanding.