AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 8 January 1944, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House

Now Showing: *‘Kid Glove Killer” and “Hi’ya Chum.”

“KID GLOVE KILLER”

Dramatising the efficiency of sc.entific crime detection, “Kid Glove Killer,” now showing at the Opera House, features Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt and Lee Bowman. The picture combines the excitement of a manhunt with an unusual triangular romance. With Heflin enacting the police chemist, Marsha Hunt as his assistant and Bowman as the heavy, the story opens with the drowning of the newly-elected district attorney. From that point on. the action develops rapidly with well-sustained interest. Because the mayor, also newly-elected, is a threat to underworld activities, his death is brought about through the. planting of a bomb in his automobile. Although the audience is fully aware of the killer’s identity, the narrowing of suspects bv Heflin and Mafsha Hunt until they confront the slayer I is highly diverting. "HP'YA CHUM” The Ritz Brothers, considered bv many as Hollywood’s foremost comedy trio are now at the Opera House in Universal’s musical funfilm. “Hi’ya Chum.” The new picture, said to be made expressly for laughing purposes, features J.ane Frazee, Robert Paige and June Clyde. Advance announcements described the story of “Hi’ya Chum” as a mirthful combat between a law-abiding restaurant and a crooked gambling establishment in a western boom town. The Ritz Brothers with two glamorous entertainers protrayed by the Misses Frazee and Clyde, find . themselves projected into this hectic situation. The methods by which they become involved in the ultimate victory of good over evil are declared to be boisterously comical. 1 Regent Theatre NOW SHOWING: “SHINING VICTORY,” starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald.” A tightly knit drama dealing with the innermost thoughts of womens minds as divulged hV modern psychiatric methods, “Shining Victory, is now showing at the Regent Theatre. This dramatic new story by A. ■ J. Cronin, author . of -“The Citadel”, co-stars James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald, with a supporting cast headed by Barbara O’Neil and Donald Crisp. With bold, masterful strokes, A. J. Cronin has fashioned his story around the mysteries of psychiatry, unravelling these mysteries to provide drama which grips the com- ; lete attention of its audiences. The story is that of a young British research psychiatrist played by James Stephenson, who is on the verge of discovering a great, cure for mental ailments in a Budapest laboratory. He is deprived of all his records and is thrown out of the country, but an invitation to join the staff of a sanitorium in Scotland gives him an opportunity to continue his research. Geraldine Fitzgerald portrays . a young woman doctor who assists Stephenson in his work and falls in love with him. The tender story of their romance is woven through one of the most exciting, unusual dramas ever screened.