ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1947, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

Opera House Finally Tonight: “Snafu” and “Strange Mr Gregory.” Commencing Tomorrow: “I’ll Be Yours,” starring Deanna Durbin and Tom Drake. Sparkling with all the bubbling gaiety that fans have come to expect in Deanna Durbin musical romances the singing star will again charm audiences in “I’ll Be Yours,” to be screened at the Opera House tomorrow and Saturday. The tuneful comedy offering co-stars Deanna with Tom Drake and William Bendix, who do their full share in the riotous nature of the story. Deanna attempts to escape wealthy Menjou’s advances and at the same time help Drake, a struggling lawyer, by claiming the latter is her husband. Bendix brings about Deanna’s meeting with the other two members of the triangle. Deanna has to play up to Menjou for the sake of Drake’s future, and gets caught. Deanna makes things worse by confessing her hoax. It is up to Bendix to straighten everything out—which he eventually does. J Regent Theatre Finally Tonight: “Thunder Rock,” with Michael Redgrave, James Mason, Lilli . Palmer. Commencing Tomorrow: “Two Years Before the Mast,” starring Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald. Joining the list of great motion pictures that have been made from great, novels, Richard Henry Dana’s “Two Years Before the Mast” is enacted by an outstanding cast headed by Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald. and Howard de Silva. “Two Years Before the Mast” tells the exciting, suspenseful tale of the tortuous voyage of a two-masted sailing vessel from Boston to California. It describes in thrill-packed scenes the hardships and cruelties of a heartless captain, and dramatically pictures the mutiny of the men, and their eventual vindication by the American people. _____