ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 August 1946, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—Finally To-night: "Variety JubileieJ’ To-morrow, (Tuesday): “The Chinese Cat,” and "West of the Pecos.” A thoroughly entertaining murder mystery, “The Chinese Cat,” with the clever Charlie Chan (portrayed by Sidney Toler), combining comedy and keen direction, commences at the Opera House to-morrow. The scene is an abandoned amusement resort. Chan engages in ferreting out the perpetrator of a murder. More murders are committed as the detective draws nearer to his quarry, but the complicated case is solved in a surprising climax. “West'Of The Pecos.”

Action, romance and humour speed through “West of the Pecos,” a stirring story of the lawless days of the West before the turn of the century, which commences at the Opera House to-morrow, with Robert Mitchum and Barbara Hale in the featured roles. Lovely Rill Lameth brings her ailing bather, Colonel Lambeth, to recuperate on his Texas ranch. With them is her French maid, Suzanne. Their stage coach is held up, a man is killed, JRill is insulted, and they meet a devil-may-care young cowboy, Pecos Smith. Concluding that the West is no place for a decent girl, Rill disguises herself as a young man. When Pecos takes a job with the Colonel, he treats Rill as a young tenderfoot. When he discovers she is a girl, he falls hard for her, although the courtship is a stormy affair. Framed by a crooked town boss, Pecos finds himself saddled with two murders. The action waxes fast arid furious before Pecos clears hiihself and brings law and order to the wild country.

REGENT THEATRE —Finally Tonight: “The Affairs of Susah.” Commencing Tuesday: “The Princess and the Bellboy.”

“The Princess and the Bellboy,” commencing at the Regent Theatre ■on Tuesday, is as much a fairy tale as if the brothers Grimm had written it. Yet it is as modern as Hedy Lamarr’s latest gown, Robert Walker’s smile, June Allyson’s songs and dances, or the clowning of Rags Raeland, all of whom head its cast. Hedy Lamarr is a Princess from a mythical kingdom who visits New York City and her adventures range between Central Park, a gaihblirig hall, and her royal suite in a smart hotel, where her friends include a bellboy and a reporter. Walker is the bellboy who accidentally meets her, becomes infatuated, and fancies himself as a king-to-be. Miss Allyson is Walker’s bed-ridden sweetheart who becomes the innocent victim of her boy friend’s high-falutin’ romance. The picture has a blend of humour, fantasy, and human drama that will make ‘you happy ahd keep you happy. Particularly memorable are, for comedy, the cafe brawl in Jake s Joint; for fantasy, the wonderful dream ballet in which Miss Allyson and Walker are Princess and Prince, and Ragland the most comical king 1 ever seen; for drama, the moving, appealing, heart-warming story. "OUR MISS GIBBS” Those responsible for the production of “Our Miss Gibbs must be with the smooth conduct of the fiS dress rehearsal at the Regent Theatre yesterday, and it is anticipated that the production, the second by the : Greymouth Operatic Society, will be received with even greater acclairii than ‘’A Count!y Girl ” It is a delightful comedy and there are fits of laughter in store for even the most fastidious. The cast of principals is a well-balanced one and it is anticipated that the whole production will be received as a great hit truly representing a revival of such delightful stage shows of the past. The" scenes, f rocking, choruses and bridesmaids and dudes, and the excellent orchestra will all combine ,to make the oreseritation a memorable one and the Benevolent funds of the Greymouth R.S.A. should benefit materially. Bookings should be -made now at the Regent Theatre between 10 and 5 p.m., but there will definitely be no telephone bookings.