AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 20 January 1941, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House Now Showing: “THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS. Now you see him and now you won’t. The Invisible Man is back on the screen! Universal will parade perhaps the most astounding camera trickery ever filmed in the new mystery drama, “The Invisible Man Returns,” now showing at the Opera House. A brand new story suggested by “The Invisible Man,” written by H. G. Wells, and produced in 1933, has been drafted with an aim toward topping even the eerie thrills of the earlier film. Vincent Price has the title role, similar to that formerly portrayed by Claude Rains Sir Cedric Hardwicke Nan Grey, John Sutton and Alan Napier, are on hand as leaders in a cast that includes many capable supporting players. Joe May directed and Ken Goldsmith was associate producer. The new picture traces the story of a man condemned to death for the murder of his brother who escapes from prison after being made invisible by the doctor who holds the secret formula. The Invisible Man’s cagey and uncanny efforts to trap the criminals actually responsible for the murder provide the action, while suspense grows from the doctor’s desperate attempts to find the antidote to the dread invisibility drug. Romance not included in the first picture, is injected into the new. film with a love match between Miss Grey and the Invisible Man. Stamped as “impossible to film,” but nevertheless accomplished, are such weird scenes as those which find the Invisible Man in action while clothed but headless; swinging unseen fists which readily knock out his opponents; undressing and vanishing into thin air; drinking wine, smoking, wielding a rope and gun, and performing other startling deeds while invisible.

Regent Finally To-night: Spencer Tracy in “EDISON THE MAN.” Commencing Tuesday, “MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY.”

| “Mutiny on the Bounty,” which opens again at the Regent Theatre, cannot be compared to any other film achievement. It stands alone and | far above anything of its kind that has ever been filmed or which may be filmed for years to come. It is sea drama as it actually took place a hundred and fifty years ago, a true chapter from maritime history that resulted in a great reform among all ships of the sea and which eliminated for all time the brutal treatI ment men who go to sea expected and suffered. “Mutiny on the Bounty” has been faithfully reproduced from the sensational book by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff, in so far as the medium of motion pictures permits. It tells the story as Hall and Nordhoff told it. Space forbids the praise deserved by the huge cast —Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh, who makes of the character a ruthless and harsh disciplinarian. In truth, it is the greatest performance Laughton has ever contributed to the screen. Fletcher Christian, the Master’s Mate comes to us in Clark Gable’s finest role. Those throughout the world who have read the book will agree that Gable as Christian, leader of the mutineers, could not have been a better choice. Franchot Tone, as Byam; Dudley Digges, as Bacchus; Herbert Mundin. Donald Crisp, Eddie Quillan, Stanley Fields, lan Wolfe, Ivan Simpson, De Witt Jennings, even Mamo and Maria, the native girls and the fifty more who make up the impressive cast. Director Frank Lloyd, who will be remembered for his “Cavalcade,” has reached the pinnacle of his fame by his direction of “Mutiny on the Bounty.” ’Phone 601 and book your seats.