ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1949, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

FINALLY TONIGHT: “Road House.' Commencing Tomorrow: “The Lady in Ermine," and “Twilight on the Rio Grande.’’ “The Lady in Ermine” starring the screen’s ’ top-ranking musical star, Betty Grable and dashing Douglds Fairbanks, jun., is flooded with scenes of breath-taking splendour, saucy situations and high-spirited humour, the film unfolds the story of a glamorous Countess who saves the ancestral castle from the seige of a dashing and romantic Colonel with a secret weapon that blows the would-be conqueror .sky-high into a dream worid he never dared hope for. Gene Autry makes a delightful return to the screen after an absence of years in "Twilight on the Rio Grande” assisted by' Sterling Holloway, Adele Marta, The Cass County Boys and Champion, jun., the wonder horse of the west. To tell you the story would no doubt spoil an evening of joyous entertainment, so just come along and join Gene in this thrill-jammed, songfilled adventure. Regent Theatre FINALLY TONIGHT: “A Date With Judy,” with Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra.. Commencing. Tomorrows “Anthony Adverse,” starring Fredric March, Olivia, de Havilland, Claude Raines, Edmund Gwenn. The picture follows the romantic adventures Of Anthony Adverse through five countries, across the seas and jover three continents. For mammoth sets, for colourful and picturesque backgrounds, for dynamic action, for the unusual characterisation of its tremendous cast from Fredric March, the star, down to the smallest bit player, for the glamour of its romance, its human interest and sheer, unadulterated entertainment, this picture is unsurpassed.