AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 9 October 1941, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

h Opera House Finally Tonight: “Constantinople Express.’ and “Seventeen.” Next Attraction (Commences Tomorrow, Friday): “Lucky Partners.” “LUCKY PARTNERS.” Bracketing two of the screen’s top favourites for the first time “Lucky Partners,” which commences at the Opera House to-morrow (Friday) brings Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers in the sprightliest comedy romance ever to be transferred to celluloid. From the ultra-modern, sophisticated pen of Sacha Guitry, “Lucky Partners” casts Colman as David Grant, an artist with a secret past, and Miss Rogers as Jean, a clerk in her aunt’s Greenwich Village book shop. Jeanis engaged to Ploughkeepsie’s comingtycoon, Freddie, and as soon as she earns a bank account for emergencies, she plans to marry him. Circumstances cause Jean to believe that David brings her good luck, and she urges him to join her in the purchase of a sweepstakes ticket. Intrigued with the idea, David agrees, but on one condition: that Jean shall accompany him on a platonic honeymoon before she weds Freddie. Freddie, it seems, believes the nuptial journey is a waste of time and money, whereas David considers the event essential. This honeymoon, David assures Jean, wlil be strictly make-believe; they’ll travel like brother and sister. Jean consents, dubiously. However, they draw a horse, and Freddie secretly sells the ticket, which yields 6000 dollars. They make the journey to Niagara ■ Falls on the first leg of their trip, hotly pursued by Freddie, who has come to the conclusion that _he doesn’t trust David after all. How David and Jean fall in love with one another without daring to reveal it, the complications caused by Freddie’s arrival, and David’s solution' of the problem by running off and starting back to New York, only to be arrested on a charge of car theft, all lead up to the hilarious climax of the picture. A trial scene during which David’s real identity and the secret of his odd behaviour is revealed, and the satisfactory conclusion of the hectic romance are featured in this fast-moving ending. Others prominent are Jack Carson (as Freddie), Spring Byington, Harry Davinport, and Cecilia Loftus. Resent Finally To-night: “Victory.” Commencing Friday: “North West ■ Mounted Police.” Paramount’s Cecil B. DeMille production. “North West Mounted Police” is a stirring motion picture story of the gallantry and bravery with which a small force of Mounted faced thousands of murdersome halfbreeds in what amounted to Canada’s Civil War, starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll, and featuring a host of other stars including Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman, George Bancroft, Lon Chaney, junr.. Walter Hampden and thousands of others. Filmed in technicolour —it is the first picture in which DeMille has employed colour throughout—“ North West Mounted Police” traces the effects of the half-breeds’ rebellion on the lives of many people, including the courageous Mounted Police, and a Texas Ranger who is out to capture one of the leaders of the rebellion. And woven into the main story fabric are the tales of two loves—that of a Mounted Policeman and a Texas Ranger, for a fearless nurse, and of a Mounted Policeman for a beautiful Indian girl who fights for her man like a wildcat. Plans are now open, and bookings are heavy. Patrons are advised to make enquiries for reservations early.