AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1944, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House Now Showing: “Tish,” starring Marjorie Main; aloo "Never a Dull Moment,” starring the Ritz Bros. “TISH” Down to earth screen fare with a romance running through it, introduces a new and hilarious comedy team to the public in “Tish,” based on the beloved character created by Mary Roberts Rinehart, and which brings Marjorie Main to the screen as the redoubtable Letitia Carberry, with ZaSu Pitts and Aline Mac Macon as the two inseparable cronies with whom she goes through her comical adventures. The picture is now showing at the Opera House. A head of the three fem nine musketeers, Marjorie lears them into adventures ranging from being treed by a tame bear to a fishing trip that gets them capsized in a lake following which they spend a n'ght •in gaol. She carries on a comical feud with Guy Kibbee and there are many other merry moments{ throughout the . story. Tish is a , domineer.ng spinisler, who lives with her nephew. He is in love with the daughter of the local judge, but Tish and her cronies think he ought to be in love with another g rl, .and set a mirthful plot to further this romance. It gets them into all manner of complications. Then the other girl elopes with the boy she loves, their is a baby and through a tangle, of circumstances Tish adopts it. A I comical climax straightens out the j resultant tangle. 1 “NEVER A DULL MOMENT” The associate feature now showing- at the Opera House is the uproarious musical comedy, “Never a Dull Moment,” starring the Ritz Brothers and featuring Frances Langford, Mary Beth Hughes and Franklin Pangborn. Regent Theatre Now Showing: “Commandos Strike at Dawn,” starring Pau! Muni. The world’s greatest motion picture, of the world’s toughest fighting men. “Commandos Strike at Dawn,” starring Paul Muni, is now showing at the Regent Theatre. Filmed with the co-operation of the Governments of Great Britain the United States and Canada, “Commandos Str'ke at Dawn” is the story of Norwegians forcibly drawn under Nazi supervision “to protect them from the English,” .and them stirring from lethargy to form themselves into an underground movement to free their country, the movement being led by peace-loving Eric Toreson (Paul Muni) who turns into a relentless fighter when friends fall to Nazi guns. He kills the Colonel in command of the occupying forces and is forced to flee into the hills with h’s small daughter, whom he conceals with a friendly neighbour. In the w T ood he stumbles across a secret airnori built by the Germans. Later with the few remaining men of the village he escapes to England where lie offers his services m the fight with the common enemy. He joins' a Commando group as guide and later returns to his native soil to lead the Commandos to their dawn attack.