AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1943, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House

Now Showing: “Hurricane Smith” and' ‘B'order Vigilantes.”

“HURRICANE SMITH”

A remarkable and deeply stirring story of one man’s fight for justice in a world aligned against him, such is “Hurricane Smith,” now showing at the Opera House, with Ray Middleton and Jane Wyatt in the leading roles. Although far from being a cowboy picture, the film does take the West for its colourful background. As Hurricane Smith, the title character. Middleton is seen as a rodeo cowboy who is framed by two gangsters, “Eggs” Bonelli and Sam Carson, who accuse him of a murder which thev themselves have committed. Smith is found guilty in court and sentenced to die. However, on his way to prison, Smith effects a thrilling escape, but is believed by the police to have been killed. Thus a free man to all practical purposes. Smith determines to begin life all over again. He and his lovely bride. Joan (Jane Wyatt), go into an obscure ghost town deep in the West, and within five years have built it into a thriving community. Then “Eggs” Bonelli shows up and demands a share of the profits in return for his continued silence. A climax as different as it is thrilling. is afforded by the amazing way Smith finds a solution to his fateful problem.

“BORDER VIGILANTES”. A rousing story of frontier days in Nevada and the latest actionpacked adventure inspired by Clarence E. Mulford, “Border Vigilantes” with William Boyd again in the leading role of “Hopalong Cassidy” now showing at the Opera House. The featured cast includes Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde and Finances Gifford. Silver thieves run the West till “Hoppy” and the Bar 20 boys lead the vengeful vigilantes in a war to the finish. Hear the new song hit entitled “Our Last Night Together,” sung by beautiful Frances Gifford.

Regent Theatre

NOW SHOWING “Sleepytirne Gal” starring Judy Canova. Commencing Friday: “Woman of the Year” starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

It was inevitable that Spencer Tracy and. Katharine Hepburn should some day appear on the screen together, and the union of these two Academy Award winners in “Woman of the "Year” provides the screen with a completely refreshing and engrossing photoplay. With Tracy in a made-to-order role as a newspaper sports writer and the sparkling Katharine as a sleek and sophisticated columnist on international affairs, th e story unfolds the meeting of these two opposite personalities, their marriage and the clash of temperament between the man who wants his wife to preoccupy herself with her home life and the woman who, named “America’s Outstanding Woman of the Year,” believes she can combine marriage and a career. Tracy, in the rol e of the sports writer," again offers that combination of naturalness and dramatic power which has made him one of the greatest performers of the screen, while Miss Hepburn has never been more striking than in her present portrayal as a woman who knows her diplomats from the ground. Topping an excellent isupporting cast is Fay Bainter, an Academy Award winner in her own right, in the role of Miss Hepburn’s aunt who aids in patching up her turbulent niece’s ma'irritlge when. " 'ft ise'ems about to go to the rocks. Reginald Owen is a convincing newspaper managing editor, and lesser' roles are ably filled by Minor Watson, William Bendix, Gladys Blake, Dan Tobin,, Roscoe Karns and William Tannen.

“Woman of the Year" may be safely termed one of.the most captivating films of the year