AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1938, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House THE “STREET SINGER RETURNS” Arthur Tracy, the world-famous “Street Singer,” who enjoyed such ■success in his first screen production, “Street Singer’s Serenade,” sings his way to new heights of popularity in “The Street Singer’s Return,” which screens at the Opera House to-night. This is a sparkling musical -comedy romance. “AS GOOD AS MARRIED.” The New Universal’s brilliant comedy drama, “As Good As Married,” screens to-morrow at the Opera House. This picture is, with no exaggerated statement of fact, dazzling. |The New Universal has given it splendid production; fine cast, beautiful sets, and the best of writing and directing talent. It is a novel , story, centring around the efforts of a successful architect to save money ■on his income tax by marrying his beautiful secretary, who is in love with him. Naturally, there would be | complications arising, and plenty arise in “As Good As Married.” Heading the cast are John Boles and Doris Nolan, whose recent triumph in Universal’s super-musical, “Top of the Town,” places her among the fore-, most comediennes of the screen. And in “As Good As Married” she is said to surpass all her previous efforts. With these two stars are such exceptional performers as Walter Pidgeon, Tala Birell, Alan Mowbray, I Katherine Alexander, and Esther Ralston. Edward Buzzell directed. The sets, designed by John Harkrider, whose work on “The Great Ziegfield and “Top of the Town” have brought him international fame, are ultramodern, and are destined to set new fashions in interior decoration. The entire art department of the large Universal Studio' was set to work executing Harkrider’s designs. The dialogue is the fast, humorous, breezy type, carrying either a laugh or a dramatic punch as often as the plot will allow. It is produced by the studio that scored so satisfatcorily with Ltiree Minan ana it nas tne same happy appeal.

Regent Theatre

"THEY WONT FORGET.” According to the sensational picture. “They Won’t Forget,” showing to-day at the Regent, an innocent man may with modern justice be convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence alone and sent to his doom. Mervyn Leßoy, whose movie, “I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang,” caused world-wide discussion, is responsible for this one, too. “They Won’t Forget” was made from a novel by Ward Greene, “Death In the Deep South.” It wasn’t circumstantial evidence alone that doomed young Robert Hale. It was also a spirit of sectional hatred stirred up by a politician-prosecutor who sought to ride to higher honours on hysteria. Hale (Edward Norris) is a newly-come Northerner (U.S.A.), teaching a class of girls in a business college. Mary Clay, a pupil (Lana Turner), is found murdered there. Hale and Tump Redmine (Clinton Rosamond), a negro janitor, are the only two known to have been in the building at the time. Andy Griffin (Claude Rains) is district attorney, but wants to be Governor. He needs something to cast the spotlight on him. It would be easy to convict the poor negro, but that wouldn’t be enough. So,he builds up a circumstantial case against Hale and fans the fires ot prejudice. Hale is convicted and sen-

fenced to death. The Governor commutes his sentence to life imprisonment. But on his way to prison he is seized by a mob and lynched. Claude Rains, as the villainous prosecutoi, gives perhaps the best performance ot his career. Otto Kruger, as a lawyer who defends Hale, likewise is perfect. Clinton Rosamond, as the negro janitor, wins himself a place as perhaps the best actor of his race. Amazing, is a newcomer to films —Gloria Dick ■ son, whom Mervyn Leßoy found in Los Angeles. Edward Norris, as Hale, the martyr, wins all sympathies. Excellent also is Lana Turner, a Hollywood high school youngster of 17, as the girl who is murdered; Elisha Cook Jr., as her boy friend; Allyn Joslyn, from the New York stage, as a reporter. This is a valuable drama. "RUSTLERS’ VALLEY.” ' Charming Muriel Evans, who rode with “Hopalong Cassidy" in “Three on the Trail,” returns to the popular Clarence E. Mulford outdoor action stories in Paramount’s "Rustlers’ Valley,” which opens on Thursday at the Regent Theatre. William Boyd, as usual, plays "Hopalong,” with George Hayes and Russell Hayden playing “Windy” and “Lucky.” The cast also includes Stephen Morris, John Beach and many others. "BLONDE TROUBLE.” “Blondes, blondes everywhere, and lnot a song to sing!” seems to be the plight of poor Johnny Downs, who plays a young song-writer caught between the rival charms of Eleanore Whitney and Terry Walker in Paramount’s gay “Blonde Trouble,” which opens on Thursday at the Regent Theatre, with Lynne Overman and William Demarest cast in support of the three featured players.