ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1948, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

TONIGHT: “The Best Years 0/ Our Ni/vQ-S >f Spotted with realism, romance and comedy, “The Best Years of Our Lives,” a significant modern drama replete with every factor of human interest, showing at the Opera House tonight This film, boasts a cast that in eludes Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Virginia Mayo. It also introduces to the screen Cathy O’Donnell and Harold Russell. March finds a bank vice-presidency waiting for him, in addition to his lovely wife, and his daughter, Peggy. He is not at all the popular conception of a banker, being a fun-loving individual with somewhat broad-minded views about loans to ex-servicemen. Andrews returns to his wife, who married him when he was a young Air Force Captain. During peace time he had been a milk bar attendant and, failing to find anything better, is forced to go back to his old job. This alienates his flighty, gold-digging wife, and she turns her interest to other men The neglected veteran proceeds to fall in love with the independent daughter of the .March-Loy couple, providing them with their knottiest problem. A third social dilemma is p’ayed by Harold Russell, as a fiance who comes home to his sweetheart, and hesitates to ask the girl to marry him. Regent Theatre TONIGHT: “Design For Scandal,” starring Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Lee Bowman. Rosalind Russell’s skill as a comedienne has never been more evident than in her role of Cornelia Porter, the judge who awards Mary Beth Hughes a monthly alimony of £lOOO when she divorces magazine publisher, Edward Arnold. The latter, distraught at the prospect of having his pockets relieved of so handsome a sum of money, is only top happy to act upon Pidgeon’s suggestion that he use his wiles upon the lady judge to the point where he can involve her in a case of alienation of affections and thus unseat her from the bench. This will free Arnold to appeal his case to another judge, preferably of the masculine gender. The flaw in the case is that Pidgeon carries his wooing too far, with the result that he not only entangles the judge, who finds that a completely feminine heart beats beneath those judicial robes, but also entangles himself, VARIETY SHOW George Tollerton’s real Variety Show’ which will open on Wednesday and Thursday, September 1 and 2, at the Regent Theatre, has not neglected the children of New Zealand. A school holiday matinee is being held during which specially selected items suitable for youngsters go to make up a nonstop programme of clean, happy fun and laughter. Of particular interest is the inclusion of an Australian “Punch and Judy” show. This demonstration of time-honoured puppetry has been warmly received by children all over New Zealand. This favourite coupled with magic, comedy and dancing goes to make up a show which should be dear to the heart of any child.