ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1945, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—Finally To-night: “Hour Before Dawn.” To-mor-row: “Riding High ” (in Technicolour). Lining up all the ingredients of popular escapist mood Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in the streamlined Western musical comedy “Riding High,” commences at the Opera House to-morrow (Tuesday). The picture is well trimmed with song and dance routines, plentifully besprinkled with gag lines and handsome settings, and its Technicolour enhances the richness of the frocking in artistic interiors and a few outdoor shots. The story has Dorothy returning home after her burlesque show has folded up, to find that her dad’s silver mine has failed to get finance, owing to the unhappy efforts of Powell. Moore’s flashing of counterfeit bills, drawing financial interest from several parties at first, also fades away when the imposter is revealed. But there’s a grand £lOOO chuckwagon race to wind up the film, with Dottie, Victor ' and Powell aboard Cass’s entry, the parts falling off it until they whoop into the winning post like charioteers. The mine proves its worth when the real cash turns up, and romance ends happily for Dottie and Dick. Comedy honours are shared between Cass Daley, Victor i Moore and Gil Lamb, whilst Milt Britton’s Band provides the musical side. .

There are seven new song hits which you will be singing, whistling and humming, so take a bit of friendly advice and head for the laugh roundup.

REGENT THEATRE—FinaIIy Tonight: “The Climax.” Commencing Tuesday: “Heaven Can Wait,” starring Don Ameche and Gene Tierny.

Nothing’s sacred when Ernst Lubitsch gives that grand new touch to the gay old nineties. That, in a nutshell, is the saucy, sparkling story of “Heaven Can Wait,” the new technicolour hit commencing at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday. The spicy film is the story of what went on in grandpa’s day—after the gas lights went out. Don Ameche and Gene Tierny top the featured cast, Don as a scion of a staid New York household—and his antics stand the the family on its ear. Gene is the lady he woos and wins; but Don is a flighty person, while Gene is not what you could call a submissive sort of girl. Which means that even after they’re happily married there are lots of fireworks. “Heaven Can Wait” is a frank, frolicking frivolous .comedy aided immeasurably by the calibre of its performers. The large and capable cast includes Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene PalIctte and Signe Hasso.

“A COUNTRY GIRL” A frolicsome comedy, set to hauntingly pretty music, the familiar airs of which are fresh and delightful, even after a lapse of years, and they are guaranteed to thoroughly charm I everyone. Such is a correct interpretation of “A Country Girl,” which next week wall open a season of six nights and two matinees at the Regent Theatre, in aid of the Benevolent Fund of the Greymouth R.S.A., which is taking advantage of the.opportunity of the Greymouth Operatic Society’s first presentation, to treat it as a Grand Victory Celebrations finale. Leading local performers will be taking part and there will be delightful chorus work and ballet dancing. The beautiful frocks worn are not the least attractive feature of the production, and the leading feminine parts, provide plenty of opportunity for the wearing of entrancing dresses. Patrons are advised to book early at the Regent Theatre to avoid disappointment.