AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 11 January 1944, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House Now Showing: “It’s a Date” starring Deanna Durbin. • ‘IT’S A DATE.” Heralded as Deanna Durbin’s greatest picture, “It’s a Date,” now showing at the Opera House with Walter Pidgeon, Kay Francis, Lewis Howard and Eugene Pallette in featured roles. It has the most colourful setting— Hawaii —in which Deanna has ever appeared. Its comedy rates with the funniest ever screened and its romance is as poignant as the most successful hit-makers in Hollywood can produce. The story begins on. Broadway, moves speedily to Maine and finally to Hawaii. Deanna and Miss Francis are offered the same stage role by a producer a part Deanna tries to refuse when she learns her mother wants to play it. Pretending love for Pidgeon and saying she will ‘‘give up her career,” Deanna sets out in pursuit of the hapless Pidgeon, whose love for the mother is secretly returned. Who gets tne role, and who gets the man, is unfolded in a surprising and suitable finish to one of the year’s most entertaining pictures. The singing star has four numbers: “Love is All,” “Loch Lomond,” Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” “Musetta S Street Song” from “La Bohdme ” and “Gvpsy Lullaby,” while Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians contribute two, “Rhythm of the Islands,” and “It Happened in Kaloha.”

Regent Theatre Now Showing: “Pride of the Yan-i kees,” starring Gary Cooper. The memorable story of a man Who refused to be beaten is- the bas:s of “The Pride of the Yankees,’ Samuel Goldwyn’s stirring screen version of the life of a famous sports hero now showing at the Regent Theatre. Gary Cooper is starred in the title role of the celebrated ball-player, Lou Gehrig, who in his fourteen years with the team ' establishes scores of records, became i one of America’s foremost baseball | players, and fought gallantly against I the' incurable disease _ that finally I compelled him to retire. Gehrig s i actual baseball exploits however, . plav but a small part in the film. It i is the unaided climb to fame of the I one-time janitor’s son and his inspir- . ing romance with pretty Eleanor Twitchell that makes the picture an engrossing human story and lends it the authentic realism that characterises the nroduction. Teresa Wright has the feminine lead as the Chicago society girl who married Gehrig and , loyally stood by him to the end. In- ' eluded in the splendid cast are iß.abe Ruth,-Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea and Virginia Gilmore. Veloz and Yolanda, noted ballroom dancers ap- ■ pear in sequence with Ray Noble and his orchestra. j