AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 27 November 1943, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House Now Showing: “He’s My Guy” and “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon.” “HE’S MY GUY” Genuinely pleasing in all departments, Universal’s latest comedydrama with music, “He’s My Guy.” now showing at the Opera House. I Joan Davis, one of the screen’s most talented comediennes, is starred in the gay production and her portrayal of an ex-vaudeville performer will be remembered as a noteworthy event of the cinema season. Vaudeville acts, past and present, are portrayed in the new film, which is based on the colourful but complicated business of staging a home-talent show in a huge defence plant. Dick Foran, Irene Hervey, Fuzzy Knight and the Mills Brothers are featured, whilst the film also contains nine song hits. “SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON” Superlative performances by B.asil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Lionel Atwill give a peculiarly distinctive importance to Universal’s latest mystery-detective drama “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon,” now showing at the Opera House. The story is based on Doyle s memorable “The Dancing Men” but the modernized screen play is what might be called a magnified elaboration of the origianl tale. Plot action gravitates around enemy desperation in the matter of a super bombsight. Holmes and his colleague Doctor Watson, as custodians of the instrument and its inventor, are confronted with seemingly- endless perils and complex problems before Moriarity the enemy agent, is outwitted and the case is satisfactorily closed.

Regent Theatre

Now Showing: “Seven Sweethearts.” starring Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt, Combining the talents of dynamic Van Heflin and singing starlet Kathryn Graj'son, “Seven Sweethearts.” now showing at the Regent Theatre, provides young romance and beauty aplenty in one of the season’s brightest offerings. Heflin is a cocky reporter who bumps into love while covering a tulip festival in Little Delft, Michigan, fulfills the promise he showed in “Johnny Eager” and “Kid Glove Killer.” Kathryn Grayson is engaging as his sweetheart, the youngest of seven daughters who manage a hotel for their eccentric Dutch father. She sings two numbers written especially for the picture. Marsha Hunt, the tragic sister of “Blossoms in the Dust” has a comedy role. As the eldest stage-struck sister who finally lures Heflin into an elopement, Miss Hunt pursues him mercilessly throughout the picture. Five of the screen’s/ prettiest and most promising starlets complete the title roles. Cecilia Parker, Frances Raeburn, Dorothy Morris, Frances Rafferty and Peggy Moran lend zest to an already piquant story.