AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 22 April 1948, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House

Finally Tonight: “The Arnelo Affair" and “When We Are Married.” Commencing Tomorrow: “The Romance of Rosy Ridge,” starring Van Johnson and Janet Leigri.

“ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE” Romance, adventure and an excite-ment-packed story of the after-feuds between Yankee and Rebel factions after the American Civil War make for big entertainment in “The Romance of Rosy Ridgo, starring Xan Johnson and featuring Janet Leigh (new discovery), at the Opera House tomorrow. Van Johnson has a totally new type of characterisation in this story of a young school teacher whose oest friend dies while fighting with mm in the Union Army, and who goes to the latter’s Rebel family in Missouri and falls in love with ms friend’s sister. The conflict ensures when Gill MacBean (Thomas Mitchell) father m the dead soldier discovers that Henrj Carson (Johnson) has fought on »-he Union side. Despite the fact that Carson has helped him to save ms corps from a raging storm and has joined him in his light against toe mysterious night raiders who have been pillaging and burning the fariuprs’ barns, the hardened Rebel cannot tolerate the thought of his daughter Lissy Anne, falling in love wili the Yankee stranger, ft -is in the picture’s scene in which Macßean attempts to kifl Cai son that the conflict is resolved and Carson’s true position is then mauThe sequences of the masked iaiders terrorising the countryside are as thrilling as anything that has been Henicted on the screen since L-.e memorable “Gone With The Wrna.

Regent Theatre Finally To-day: “A Woman Destroyed’’with Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt Co ™™^ n c g inn to-morrow: ‘Jassy, st” r. Margaret. Lockwood, Patrie Roc, Dennis Price.

Cinemagoers everywhere will Mus remember the dual triumph of - aigaret Lockwood and Patricia v m that Gainsborough favourice. The Wicked Lady.” Now the two actresses are co-starred once more—again m a Gainsborough picture, but this time a technicolour production—in another romantic period drama, “Jassy.” But since ‘‘The Wicked Lady” both stars have had a change of heart. Margaret Lockwood, whom you will remember as the unscrupulous and faithless lady of the title role in the earlier film, retains the 'title role in “Jassy,” but Jassy is an unselfish gipsy girl who makes many sacrifices for the man she l°\ es - 9*} the other hand, Patricia Roc, who had her man stolen from her by .the Wicked Lady id the earlier Gainsborough success, and yet remained faithful to him, is the fickle Dilys m “Jassy” who philanders with the affections of the man she loves. The film is Gainsborough’S first technicolour picture and also nujrks the debut of Margaret Lock-wood in. colour Apart 'from the two feminine stars, the cast includes Dermot Walsh, Dennis Price, Nora Swinburn, Basil Sydney, Esme Cannon and Linden Travers/ ■