ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1949, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House

“Whispering Smith,” starring Alan Ladd and Brenda Marshall. “Whispering Smith,” is a thrilling epic of the rail-roads and the frontier bad men who barred their way. Starring Alan assisted by Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Ronald Crisp and Fay Holden, “Whispering Smith” showing at the Opera House tonight, concerns the excising activities of a soft-spoken hard-hitting railroad detective who has. the rugged job of tracking down train wreckers and looters. Regent Theatre “The Red Shoes,” starring Moira Sheareh, Anton Walbrook, Marions Goring. . , A lavish and beautifully conceived production “The Red Shoes” is an artistic achievement of the first order which has won wide acclaim. Having as it’s theme the Hans Anderson fairy tale of a young girl whose red shoes would not stop dancing when she wanted to take them, off, the story revolves around a young ballerina who dances her way to fame only to be tormented by the conflict between her deep love for a young composer, her husband, and her burning ambition to become another Pavlova under the guidance ,of her ruthless director. The high point of the production is “The Red Shoes” ballet, a superb, pictorially beautiful sequence that should prove a feast for ballet lovers.