AMUSEMENTS
Opera House
Now Showing: “Argentine Nights”, scarring the Ritz brotners. •‘ArtGE.N i mt iNiwnio.”
Sparkling witn new songs, fast comeuy, and an array or cuiounui dances. Umversai’s guy, smart mm musical comeuy "Argentine’ isigntJ' is now showing at the Opera House, witn me Ritz Brotners and the Andrew Sisters as ns co-stars, in ever have me thivu comedians cavorteu co more hilarious eiiect, wni.st tneir antics wm ormg more spontaneous la.ugn.ter from tne audience than anyming tnev have onered since tneir earliest him successes. Bor tne Andrews S.sters, famous swing trio wno are presented for the first time on the screen, the picture marxs an auspicious debut. In tne l same spectacular style of singing .which has luted mem to favour .on phonograph records, the radio and stage, tne girls intioduce four new songs. "Hit tne Road,” “The New Lick,” “On. He Loves Me,” and “Rhumboogie,” and, register a definite hit. The Ritz Brothers present “The Spirit of 77 B”, a musical satire, and “Brooklynonga” as important highlights of the film. Constance Moore and George Rcevts, a screen newcomer, are delightful as the romantic interest in the screenplay. Miss Moore sings “Once Upon a Dream” and “Hall of the Mountain Queen,” and Reeves conti ibucs “Amigo We Go Riding To-night,” The story shows the hilarious Ritzes taking a group of pretty girl entertainers into the pampas countiy. Four beauties who stand out are Peggy Moran, Anne Nagel, Kathryn Adams and Julie Duncan. Tops are the scenes in which the Ritzes do a riotous impersonation of the Andrews Sisters during a shipooard party.
Regent Now Showing: “All This And Heaven Too.”
The story from the best selling novel, ‘‘All This and Heaven Too,” by Rachael Field will be shown in a film. Bette Davis and Charles Boyer are the stars. Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O’Neil, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Walter Hampden, George Coulouris head the featured supporting cast. Directed by Anatole Litvak from the screen play by Casey Robinson, based on Miss Field’s novel, “All This and Heaven Too,” is a deep-stirring romance based on actual events in the life of an ancestress of Rachael Field. The film marks the momentous first meeting of Bette Davis and Charles Boyer as a co-starring team. “All This and Heaven Too,” the novel, was the story of Rachael Field’s own great-aunt from the time she, a young girl with a past somewhat shrouded in mystery, left temporary refuge in England to return to France, her birthplace, there to become governess in the household of the Due de Praslin, royalist, close to King Louis Phillipe. Plans are now open at the theatre Patrons are advised to make early reservations as booking will be heavy for this outstanding attraction.
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Grey River Argus, 26 July 1941, Page 3
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453AMUSEMENTS Grey River Argus, 26 July 1941, Page 3
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