entertainments Opera House

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 March 1948, Page 3

entertainments Opera House

Tonight: “Bad Man’s Territory” starring Randolph Scott and Ann Richards. i Spacious and adventurous romance on the Oklahoma frontier, made on an impressive scale and _ brimful of stirring entertainment, is presented in “Badman’s Territory,” showing at •the Opera ' House tonight, with Randolph Scott, Ann Rikards and character player George Gabby Haves in top heroic roles. The long political fight during the Nineties to bring the “Forgotten Land that is now the Oklahoma Panhandle under Federal control forms the historic basis for the dramatic plot. In the rough and tumble setting is laid the stormy love story which motivates the film. A Texas sheriff, who enters the region on a personal matter, and a frontier newspaperwoman campaigning for law and order, are the hero and heroine, respectively, and their romantic troubles are played against a vivid background of bandit raids, politics and personal feuds, and lend the picture a solidly authentic atmosphere. Regent Theatre Tonight: “The Locket” starring Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond. “The Locket,” is the. powerful drama of a beautiful girl whose strange fixation warps her life and spells ruin to the lives of the men who love her. Starring Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, and Gene Raymond, the emotional saga revolves round the split personality of its heroine, Nancy Patton. An unfortunate childhood experience has given an otherwise lovely girl an irresistible impulse to steal jewels, and this kleptomania brings disaster to her Miss Day, in her depiction of the charming but conscienceless Nancy, has an exacting role in which she reveals innate artistry beyond anything she has hitherto disclosed. Aherne, as the psychiatrist formerly married to her. Mitchum as a moody painter whom she drives to suicide, and Raymond as the wealthy young man she is about to marry, all turn in noteworthy characterisations.

S T. PATRICK’S DAY The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will commence with the Hibernian ball in the Sturge street hall, Cobden, tomorrow night. Modern and oldtime dance tunes will be provided by Steel’s orchestra. The bus arrangements from Runanga and Greymouth have already been advertised. The second function will be the annual Irish national concert in the Regent Theatre on Thursday. The guest artist will be Mrs Cara Cogswell of Christchurch, and formerly of Greymouth, and an excellent programme has been ananged. b On Saturday at noon, a procession preceded by the two local bands will leave the Hibernian Hall for the St. Patrick’s sports at Victoria Park. A varied programme of chopping, cycling athletics, women s marching, clay-bird shoot, baby show, schools and small children’s (under seven years) events, etc., will be conducted. Visiting cyclists from Nelson, ChristchurchT Hornby and Rangiora have nominated for the full programme. Afternoon tea and other refreshments will be obtainable on the ground.