AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 19 July 1949, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

i Opera House ’ Now Showing; "Scotland Yard In- > vestigator” and “Sarge Goes to l College.” I A thrilling tale of mystery and . intrigue, “Scotland Yard Investigai tor” a mystery with a new twist . which will keep audiences guessing > from start to finish at the Opera House. The timliness . of the plot makes it one of the most current exciting movies of the current season. “Scotland ’ Yard Investigator” presents Sir Aubrey Smith and Erich von Stronheim as co-stars for the first time. Sir /Aubrey plays the role of the director of London’s National Art Museum and von Stronheim portrays a sinis- . ter and fanatic art collector. At the outbreak of the war, the famous Mona Lisa was removed from the , Louvre Museum in Paris and stored for safekeeping in London. The picture concerns itself with the treacherous efforts of the art collector to steal the masterpiece. He is deter- ' mined to secure the painting, even though it takes murder or worse. This, in itself, is exciting enough to . maintain interest in a motion picture but the screen-play offers a sub-plot which makes the suspense doubly thrilling. “Sarge Goes to College,” a musical comedy with Freddie Stewart and Irene Preisser in the leading roles is now showing at the Opera House. The story concerns a young private who is _ wounded on overseas combat service with marines, and previous to his undergoing, an operation enters a college temporarily, an added attraction in the film is the widely heralded composition “Open the door Richard” presented by Jack McVea. Regent Theatre Now Showing: “My Brother Jonathan,” starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard. “My Brother Jonathan” tells the story of a man’s life set against the changing background of the early 1900’s. Since boyhood, Jonathan Dakers (Michael Denison), has wanted to be a great surgeon, an ambition that went with the hope that some day he would marry the little girl, Edie, whom he first met at a village cricket match. Jonathan’s dreams do not all come to reality, and instead of becoming a specialist, is, through financial cirmustances, destined to become a doctor in a small, dirty Midland town. How Jonathan does marry ■ Edie, only to lose her soon afterwards, but finds ultimate happiness, brings to the screen with living vividness all the drama, pathos and realism of the original book.