ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 August 1946, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE.-—To-night! “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, is showing at the Opera House. 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”--■’p-.

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 is showing at the Opera House to-night, with Robert Mitchum and Barbara Hale in the featured roles. Lovely Rill Lambeth brings her ailing father, 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,' Rill 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 and furious before Pecos clears himself and brings law and order to the wild country.

REGENT THEATRE — To-night: “Her Highness and the Bellboy.

“Her Highness and the Bellboy,” showing at the Regent Theatre to-night, 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 Allysons songs and dances, or the clowning of Rags Ragland, 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 gambling hall, and her royal suite in a smart hotel, where her friends include 3 bellboy and a reporter. Walker is the bellboy who accidentally meets hei, 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 lomance. The picture has a blend of humour, fantasy, and human drama that will make yon happy and 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 ever seen; for drama, the moving, appealing, heart-warming story. i “OUR MISS GIBBS” The stage is set for next week’s production of “Our Miss Gibbs, a delightful musical comedy romance, at the Regent Theatre, by the Greymouth Operatic Society, in aid of the Greymouth R.S.A. Benevolent funds and an appeal is made to all returned men to give their best possible support, in addition to that which will be forthcoming from citizens genei - ally It is a production well worthy of 100 per cent, support throughout the district and record houses ai e anticipated. Bookings can now be made at the theatre office each day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., but there will be no telephone reserves. The scenery lor the show is 'outstanding, so is the frocking, dancing, music, etc. Besides the six night performances there will be a matinee .for country schools on the Wednesday afternoon and another on Saturday, and the following week there will be two night performances at Hokitika.