AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 17 May 1938, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House “BEHIND THE HEADLINES.” In “Behind the Headlines,” with Lee Tracy featured, the drama, comedy, romance and activities of a news broadcaster’s career will be finally shown at the Opera House Theatre to-day and to-night. Dealing with the rivalrv between Tracy, who covers exciting news occurrences with a portable transmitter that enables him to broadcast his comments through a big radio station, and the newspaper reporters whom he is 'Continually scooping, the picture offers a fast-moving and thrilling screen drama. Diana Gibson has thn feminine load in the new offering. “THAT’S MY STORY.” Sparkling with the wit of metropolitan news reporters, and interwoven with a swift romance which blooms in gaol under hilarious and unusual circumstances, Universal’s “That’s My Story” will be screened at the Opera House Theatre to-mor-

row at the matinee and at night, featuring Claudia Morgan and William Lundigan. It’s a candid picture of the headline writers. The in which reporters “put the bee” on ofI ficials, the methods by which they I obtain interviews, their hard-boiled I patter, their loyalty to their papers when a big story breaks, and their I fierce rivalries, are all presented in a rollicking series of fast moving sequences which surround the solving of a crime mystery. High points in the picture show a street scene in front of the gaol where a torch singer is being held as a killer; a gaol break wherein two reporters are kidnapped as hostages, and a battle in a gang hideout. The cub reporter, bedevilled by members of his own craft, is willing to risk anything to score over his rivals. Tormented to the point of desperation by a smart girl reporter, he tries to make good and •, gets himself into a dozen laughable predicaments. Other members of a notable comedy cast are Eddie Garr, Herbert Mundin, Ralph Morgan.

“THE FROG.” One of the most baffling mysteries ever to come from the thrilling pen of Edgar Wallace will be screened at the Opera House Theatre to-morrow, matinee and evening, entitled “The Frog.” The country is horror stricken by the revolting crimes which have been committed far and wide by a gang of crooks calling themselves “The Frogs.” At their head is “The Frog” himself, a master mind whose identity remains concealed despite the machinations of Scotland Yard. Who is "The Frog”? See if you can solve this mystery. You will suspect every one of a dozen characters, and each time you will be wrong. Prominent in the cast are Gordon Harker, Noah Beery, Carol Goodner. Jack Hawkins. “THE GOOD EARTH.” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s crowning glory of all screen achievements, “The Good Earth,” starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, will have a return screening at the Opera House Theatre on Thursday, matinee and night. This is your last opportunity to see this famous drama which an author tore from the heart of a man—a woman—and a people.

Regent Theatre

“UND"'R THE RED ROBE”.

All the ills of those adventurous

days when men dared all for love live again in “Under The Red Robe,” an exciting, swash-buckling romance, starring Conrad Veidt and Annabella, which opens to-day at the Regent Theatre. A colorful and epic photoplay, the Twentieth Century-Fox release is based on the unforgettable story by Stanley J. Weyman, a bestseller for many years, and on the stage play by Edward Rose. Combining the intrigue of “Richelieu,” the romance of “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” and the adventure of “The Three Musketeers,” the picture tells a tale of intrigue that threatens a throne, with Conrad Veidt, acclaimed as one of the greatest actors, as the audacious adventurer, Gil de Berault, whose sword strikes terror into the hearts of men. As the radiant and charming Lady Marguerite, rapturously in love and unaware that her ardor can destroy a throne, Annabella more than fulfills the promise of her earlier screen appearance. The role of Richelieu the hated the revered, the courted, the feared, who conspired with the hearts and lives of lovers to become the power behind an empire, is played bj' Raymond Massey, a noted actor of the British and American stage. Veidt becomes involved in a duel with a young soldier, and to save himself from Richelieu’s edict of death for duellists, agrees to undertake the arrest of a dangerous enemy of the Cardinal, the Duke of Foix. Veidt gains admittance to the Duke’s castle, and is greeted by the Duchess, Sophie Stewart, and her sister-in-law, Annabella. Veidt wins the confidence of the women, and falls in love with Annabella. Events move swiftly to a thrilling climax with the arrest of the Duke. Deciding to pay the death penalty rather than sacrifice the brother of the woman he loves, the swordsman returns to face Richelieu, which leads to a surprising ending to a memorable film of adventure and romance.

“ONE MILE FROM HEAVEN.”

Sally Blane returns to the screen as one of the leads in the new Twentieth Century-Fox picture, “One Mile From Heaven,” which opens on Thursday at the Regent Theatre. She

shares the spotlight in the amazing newspaper drama with Claire Trevor, Douglas Fowley, Fredi Washington and Bill Robinson. “WESTERN GOLD."

A six-horse stage-coach and driver crashing over a thousand-foot cliff into a seething river below is one of the many thrills in Harold Bell Wright’s latest and greatest adventure story, “Western Gold,” a Twentieth Century-Fox release, starring Smith Ballew, which opens on Thursday at the Regent Theatre. “DEAD END.” Although she was born, raised and educated in England and still speaks with a pronounced British accent, Elizabeth Risdon has never been cast as an English woman on the stage, but will be seen at the Regent Theatre on Saturday. The famed stage actress plays the role of Joel McCrea’s mother in Samuel Goldwyn’s production of “Dead End,” which co-stars the actor with Sylvia Sidney. In this, Miss Risdon is cast as a typical, elderly New York East Side resident, while in other films, she has been screened as a hill billy, a Russian, a New Englander, and a Southerner.