ENTERTAINMENTS Opera House
•‘Whispering Smith” starring Alan Ladd and Brenda Marshall. “Whispering Smith, is a thiilhno epic of the rail-roads and the tiontiei bad men who barred their way. Starring .. Alan Ladd, assisted by Robwt Preston Brenda Marshall, Ronald Crisp and Fay Holden, Smith” showing- at the opera House tonight, concerns the activities of a soft-spoken railrdad detective who has. the job of tracking down tram wrecker* and looters. Regent Theatre ‘‘The Red Shoes,” starring Moira Sheareli, 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 ne 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.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 September 1949, Page 7
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