AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 21 September 1945, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House Now Showing: “They Died with Their Boots On,” starring Errol F iynn and Olivia De Havilland. “THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON” The co-starring team of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland who made screen history with such pictures as “Robin Hood,” “Captain Blood” and “Charge of the Light Brigade,” are back at the Opera House in their newest Warner Bros, hit, “They Died with Their Boots On.”

“They Died With Their Boots On” takes up the story of Custer at the point where he enters West Point Military Academy. His colourful and somewhat . swaggering personality gets him into all kinds of trouble at the Academy', and his graduation might have been doubtful had not the Civil War broken out. The Union Armv is badly in need of trained officers, and Custer distinguishes himself in battle. Through a confusion in Army orders, he is made a Briga-dier-General. After the war, he is retired from the Army, returns home a hero, and marries his sweetheart. Beth. But he is a born soldier and restless in civilian life. Recognising this, Beth goes to Washington and pursuades General Winfield Scott to put Custer in command of the Seventh Cavalry. Stationed at Fort Dakotas, he ‘is faced with the task of keeping peace with the Indians. He signs a treaty with them, promising that the white men will stay out of the Black Hills. But a group of men who are trying to explo.t the west spread the word that the”e is gold in the Black Hills, and Easterners come pouring out. The enraged Indians mass for battle, and Custer has no choice but to lead his regiment into battle against them. A truly' line supporting cast inculdes Gene Lockhart, as Beth’s father; Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Stanley Ridges, Sydney Greenstreet, and Walter Hampden. Regent Theatre Now Showing: “The Suspect,” starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines. Universal’s “Suspect,” starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines, now showing at the Regent Theatre is an outstanding drama crammed with action, suspense and romance. Charles Laughton in his most suitable role for some time, plays Philip Marshall, the quiet middle-aged shopkeeper, who is goaded beyond endurance into killing his shrewish wife (Rosalind Ivan) and then finds it necessary to rid the world of an equallv unpleasant and useless neighbour (Henry Daniell) who is blackmailing him. Acting with sureness, and sometimes with a touch of genius Laughton not only succeeded in making you feel intensely sorry for Philip Marshall, but also achieves the difficult job of making a romance between an unhandsome middle-aged man and a beautiful young girl appealing as well as credible. In this Laughton has fine co-operation from Ella Raines, the girl he marries, after his first wife has met with an “accident” on the stairs. “The Suspect” is altogether a satisfying and appealing film, with Laughton in his most pathetic, and at the same time, his most dramatic role.