ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 October 1945, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—To-night: “Desperate Journey.” .. Dashing Errol Flynn, famous for htk action-packed roles, is cast in a more adventurous role than ever in “Desperate Journey,” which is showing at the Opera House. . He appears as a Flight Lieutenant, and other famous players in the cast, as ’ inembers of the British Hudson boiriber, of which Flynn has command, are Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy and Ronald Sin- ' claw. To bomb their objective more accurately, Flynn commands them to fly lower despite the fact th’at; the section is known to have exceptionally heavy anu-aircraft protection They start their return flight, after successfully bombing their objective, when they are brought down. The five prisoners are brought before a Nazi intelligence officer, played by Raymond Massey. He fires many questions at them, but one he neglected to ask was just how powerful Reagan’s right hand is. He realises his mistake after he has regained consciousness and his five prisoners have escaped. An intensive Search gets underway. Led by Flynn and Reagan, fed on small rations, the five make slow progress across Germany towards Holland and the coast. They secure Nazi uniforms from some unwary sentries who patrol lonely bridge-heads. They gamble the chances of being shot as -spies against the chance of escaping with vital military information secured from Massey’s office. Through sheer luck, they board a luxurious but empty private car attached to a hospital train bound for Berlin. As the train nears its destination they are discovered by a guard who mistaking them for Nazi soldiers with no business in the car, forces them out. In Berlin, the story gets more exciting as the five outsmart the Gestapo and set fire to a large plant that, manufactures incendiary bombs. They meet Kaethe Brahms, played by Nancy Coleman, a girl who, living inside Germany does her best to help the Allied cause and sabotage the Nazis. It is through her they are able to reach Holland and make their eventual escape to England.

REGENT THEATRE— To-night: “Now Voyager” starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid.

Starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid, “Now Voyager,” is showing at the Regent Theatre to-night. Miss Davis has a role that calls for the finest of acting in the story of a Nev; England girl who rescues herself from her inhibitions. She is unattractive to start with, but later becomes a charming woman of the world who, through love, finds the courage to rebel against her tyrannical mother, a strict disciplin-, arian who’ has dominated her all her life, and interfered in the simplest oij her pleasures. Bette forms a hatred: for her mother which culminates in; her having a nervous breakdown.! After a period at Dr. Jacquith’s rest! home, he advises her to go on a trip' before returning to face her mother.l During the voyage she meets and! falls in love with Jerry (Paul Hen-' reid), an unhappily married man whose love for his child keeps him attached to his invalid wife. Despite the fact that their love can never reach its ultimate, her relationship with Jerry enables her to return home a completely changed woman, ii both in appearance and mentality.

WELCOME SOCIAL Driver L. Cuthbert and Sgt. W. Hill were guests of honour at a welcome home social held last evening in the Kaiata School. There was a large attendance of relations and friends, and the evening was spent in games, dancing and community singing. Vocal solos were given by Misses V. Jamieson and J. Coutts, and Mr. W. Erskine gave a cornet solo. An item was also given by Mr. J. Horrack. Mr. A. Little, of Korterangi, was pianist.