ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 December 1947, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

Tonight: “Cornered” and Detective Kitty O’Day.” Revenge and adventure comprise the twin themes of Dick Powell’s “Cornered,” which has France. Switzerland and Argentina as its locales, and which is showing at the Opera House. A grim urge to avenge the murder of his French bride at the hands of traitors sends Laurence Gerard, a Canadian fighter pilot, on his long search for the killer. He discovers a certain Jarnac was responsible for the, crime—but Jarnac is reported to have been slain by terrorists. Gerald, however, suspects this is all part of an elaborate hoax and when he learns that Jarnac’s widow has left France he follows her trail to South America. In Buenos Aires he catches up with a woman, and soon has reason to believe that Jarnac is also in the city and involved in a Fascist scheme. “DETECTIVE KITTY O’DAY” A vastly amusing mystery comedy, “Detective Kitty O’Day,” with Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan in leading roles, is showing at the Opera House. in leading roles, commences at the Opera House tomorrow. Shortly after the story opens, Miss Parker finds her employer murdered and herself and the boyfriend in the list of suspects. Their efforts to solve the crime result in the discovery of other murders, but the turnings of the plot only serve to bring about still further laughable situations and incidents.

Regent Theatre Tonight: “Nobody Lives Forever,” starring John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald. “Nobody Lives Forever,” provides John Garfield with a role which should go far towards pleasing his staunchest fans. The film recounts the moving story of Nick Blake, exG. 1., who returns to civilian life only to be quickly disillusioned- when ’he learns that his girl friend, Toni, has found herself another man. And, as a double-edged insult, .she further attempts-to ease him out of the 50,000 dollars he left in her safe-keeping. Nick’s disillusionment is short-lived, as he recovers his money and teams up with a mob planning to inveigle a rich and beautiful widow out of her fortune. What happens when Nick falls for his .victim; and how he deals with his formidable opponents to emerge in the final stretch with a clear conscience and the beautiful girl to boot, makes for some thoroughly exciting, and suspenseful screenfare.