ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 March 1950, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

Opera House "Fighter Squadron,’’ in technicolor. Starring Edmund O’Brien, Robert Stack and John Rodney. : / “Fighter Squadron” comes to the screen of the Opera House, showing tonight. Starring Edmund O’Brien, Robert Stack and Johnny Rodney, plus a host of screen luminaries. This magnificent thrill-packed film is the story of the struggle for supremacy in the air over Europe in the months before D-Day. It is also the story of one squadron and its valiant group of men who attacked one by one as they kept pressing the fight against the enemy. You will thrill to the excellent shots of

aerial combat and you will also enjoy the comradeship and humour of the young fighter pilots whose fears and daring whilst engaged in active combat are clearly brought to the screen. The photography of fighter planes in action are probably the best ever seen, Regent Theatre "Little Women,” . starring June Allyson, Margaret O’Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford. “Little Women,” the beloved Louisa May Alcott story of a happy little family has been brought to life with heart-warming portrayals. The days of happiness, moments of. despair, acts of courage and generosity, the far-flung ambitions of the little women, their romantic infatuations

and denouncements, Jo’s determination to become a writer even if it means being an old maid (a fate from which she is ultimately saved by Professor Bhaer), Beth’s tragic death, Amy’s marriage to Laurie and Meg’s to John Brooke—all go to make up a pattern in which both tears and laughter have their, share in a drama of youth and love.