AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 5 March 1946, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

Opera Hous?

Now Showing: “Secret Command,” starring Pat O'Brien and Carole Landis.

“SECRET COMMAND”

Moviegoers who seek action, romance and thrilling screen entertainment will find plenty in the adventure packed drama “Secret Command” now showing at the Opera House. This story of shipyard workers and a Nazi sabotage ring is rough, tough, and bruising with thrill upon thrill as its lusty, life-loving men and women get out those ships so vital to winning the war. Pat O’Brien is noted for his “he-man” roles, but never has he had one which demanded more of what it takes. As a pilebuck, just about the most dangerous job in a shipyard we are told (and can believe after seeing the stunts he must perform in this picture) he gives a performance which carries not only punch in each fist but a heart-warm-ing sympathy and romance. Carole Landis, as an F'.8.1. girl assigned to work with Pat as his “temporary” wife, measures up to her requirements with a stature which is more than a wow chassis. She acts. And she acts with warmth and understanding. Chester Morris can always be depended on for a forthright and crisp “toughie" character and he doesn’t disappoint in “Secret Command.” As Pat's brother who is a shipyard foreman, Morris is still carrying tense suspense with is sympathetic menace. Ruth Warrick, at Pat’s old girl friend, now on the point of marrying his brother, adds earthiness to a story which is replete with brawls and the ever-present threat of death. Others in the cast include 'Barton Mac Lane, Tom Tully. Wallace Ford, Richard Lyon, Carol Nugent. Erik Rolf, Matt McHugh.'

Regent Theatre Now shewing: “The Enchanted Cottage,” starring Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire.

“The Enchanted Cottage,” starring Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire now showing at the Regent Theatre is an inspiring and modernised version of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s famous play. An old fashioned cottage on the New England coast about which a wealth of legends has grown, is the setting for most of the picture’s action. Oliver Bradford, a young American bomber pilot, badly disfigured in a plane crash comes back home, but unable to endure the gushing sympathy of his family and fiancee leases the cottage to be away from them. Laura Pennington, a village girl whose plainness has made her something of a recluse also, is the housemaid at the cottage. Their mutual loneliness draws them together. Under the kindly influence of a blind pianist, Oliver regains his mental bal- i ance, only to find that his family is determined to invade his new won privacy. To thwart them he proposes to

Laura and the two are married. Their love brings with it a miraculous regeneration, for each thinks the other is attractive and this leads to the memorable and dramatic climax of the picture.

THE AMAZING MR. ROOKLYN CO.

To show the faith in his own dexterity as a manipulator of billiard balls, cards, illusionist, etc., and the knowledge of the love of Vaudeville by New Zealand theatregoers, Mr. Rooklyn arranged to y, the company of thirty across the Tasman, — a very costly move,—and to send his forty tons (cubic measurement) of scenery and effects by steamer, and if the Wellington and Christchurch seasons are any criterion, he will not have any regrets at having taken such a bold financial step. Among the supporting Vaudeville specialties in the Company are Ted James, the Real Aussie Comedian, Florence Gold, lyric soprano, the Solway sisters, acrobatic dancers, Joy Clyde, “The Electric Spark,” Alta’ Lowe, the Musical Stylist, Keogh and Ray in their Coloured Comical Capers, Yola Fontaine, Premier Danseuse. The Greymouth season of two nights commences at the Town Hall on Friday next. Box plans at Kilgour’s