entertainments

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 August 1947, Page 2

entertainments

Opera House Tonight: ‘“Three Little Girls in Blue” in technicolour. Featuring a star-studded cast headed by June Haver, Vivian Blame, George Montgomery, Vera Ellen, celeste Holm and Frank Latimore, “Three Little Girls in Blue,” with its melody-packed accent, set on romance, gaiety, spectacle, is showing at the Opera House. It unfolds the romantic and amusing adventures of three pretty sisters who sell their farm to go on a millionaire husband-hunting expedition at Atlantic City. June Haver, Vivian Blaine and Vera Ellen are the three lovelies who pool their meagre inheritance so that one of them can act the “grand lady,” with the other two posing as her secretary and maid. Their plan is embarrassingly successful—at the start. Not one, but two handsome, young millionaires— George Montgomery and Frank Latimore, “rush” June Haver (the lucky one) Just as the stalemate is about to be happily resolved, the girls funds give out; love takes a surprise turn to catch up Vivian Blaine in its giddy path and forge a seemingly hopeless quadrangle and manhunting Celeste Holm turns up to add to the confusion. How each of the three sisters finally finds her way into the arms of her respective “Mr Right is said to make for one of the most hilarious and engaging musical comedies of the year. Regent Theatre Tonight: “Calcutta,” starring Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Gail. Russell. ■ , “Calcutta” is a picture which pos-. sesses mors and bettor Alan Ladd thrills than any other picture he has ever made. This story takes place

in mysterious Calcutta, where Ladd sets out to avenge the death of a friend. In the course of his detecting he runs afoul of a gang of jewel thieves, a stranger, and two beautiful women, in the persons of Gail Russell and June Duprez. Both of the glamour girls are out. to get. him, by different yet equally deadly, means. Assisting in tracking down the killers and the jewel thieves is William Bendix, whose unsurpassable humour and love ’em and leave ’em viewpoint towards the ladies is a sheer joy. Also in the cast are such standbys as Edith King, Gavin Muir, and Lowell Gilmore.