AMUSEMENTS
At the Opera House Now Showing: “Rage in He .|S.” starring Ingrid Bergman, Rober Montgomery and George Is there such a thing as the P ei feet crime?” Cunning minds have toyed with this idea, Planned diabolical plots and considered themselves super-minds. But in the annals of eTime, men have invaiiably paid for their misdeeds, trapped by a weak link in their scheming. James Hilton .author of Mr Chips” and Lost . Hoiizon , wrote one of the most fascinating stories about a "perfect crime ever penned in his novel Rage in Heav en.” It has now been brought to the screen by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayei as a fascinating, exciting, suspenseful drama, starring Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders, and now showing at the Opera House Theatre. It is a deeply human study in character revealing the innermost mental workings of a twisted mind. Montgomery, who skips from comedy to drama with versatile ease, portrays this weakling handsome, intelligent, but emo tionally unstable. He weds a beautiful girl but tortures himself with the unjustified belief that she loves his best friend. This is the. background for his planning a crime to ?end his friend to the hangman and rid himself of a rival. . How he does it is as tensely surprising as it is novel and unusual. His scheme does fail but by a matter of minutes, and the’final solution will keep you on the edge of your seats to the nnai fade-out. Regent Shows Nbw Showing: "Adventure Island," starring Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly. “Adventure Island” with Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, and Paul Kelly heading the cast, is a picture surrounded entirely by thrilling action and flaming romance. Adapted from Stevenson s greatest adventure classic, “Ebb Tide, ’ Lhe new film tells a tale that has been read and loved down through the years. It is a story of strange places and strange people, and of the exciting events in which they become involved. , , Three desperate men steal a sailing ship carrying a valuable cargo and a beautiful stowaway. They put into an unchartered island of mystery and legendary treasure, ruled by a mad white god. In this tropical paradise, become inflamed and lustful men battle to the death for wealth and love. .
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Grey River Argus, 31 August 1948, Page 7
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372AMUSEMENTS Grey River Argus, 31 August 1948, Page 7
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