AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 29 April 1944, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House

Now Showing: “Ten Gentlemen from West Point." A little known, but thrilling . s t°ry of West Point has been gloriously ■ brought to the screen in 20th C-en-. tury-Fox’s action-packed adventure film, “Ten Gentlemen from Westi Point,’’ now showing at the Opera House. | Starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara ana John Sutton, the film has a patriotic appeal that is bound to thrill every audience. It’s a rousing successor to “To the Shores of Tripoli,” and it zooms through its paces without a hitch. ‘‘Ten Gentlemen from West Point” is the story of the valorous cadets who made the West Point of to-day possible. Again the' stirring, breathless background of the Point of one hundred anq forty years ago, the star-spangled film authentically depicts the adventures of the first graduating class, on whose record depends the very life of the Academy. Their trials and tribulations are told in unusual terms, and the film has the distinction of being unlike any other made about \Vest Point. George Montgomery, as one of the “ten gentlemen” has the greatest' role of his career. Maureen O’Hara and John Sutton vie with Montgomery for stellar honours. The featured cast is headed by gigantic Laird Cregar, who plays the Commandant of the Post, while John Shepperd, Victor Francen, Harry Davenport, Ward Bond, Douglas Dumbrille and Ralph Byrd complete the cast.

Regent Theatre

Now Showing: "Air Raid Wardens,” starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The antics of Laurel and Hardy embellish the business of civil defence in “Air Raid Wardens” commencing at the Regent Theatre on Friday. But the comedians don’t poke fun at anything but themselves and amid the laughs succeed in teaching an impressive lesson in patriotism. The comical partners as bicycle deal-

ers are turned down by the armed forces and become local air raid wardens. All goes well until they trv to enforce a black-out, run foul of the unco-operative Edgar Kennedy and are “fired” as a result. Eventually they uncover a nest of saboteurs and emerge as public heroes. Jacqueline White and Horace McNally provide the romantic interest. Donald Meek and Henry O’Neill are effective saboteurs. Howard Freeman and Nelia Walker aid in the laugh malting episodes which Edgar Sedgwich a former comedian himself, directed with deft skill