AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1949, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House Now Showing: “The Lady In Ermine,” and “Twilight on the Rio Grande.” 20th Century Fox, the studio that gave you such oustanding musicals as “Swanee River,” and “Mother Wore Tights” etc., now brings to you the captivating musical evtravaganza in breath taking Technicolour “The Lady in Ermine” starring the screen’s top-ranking musical star, Betty Grable and dashing Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr. Acclaimed as one of the year’s most dazzling and delightful productions, ‘The Lady in Ermine” is flooded with scenes of breathtaking splendour, saucy situations and h ; gh-spirited humour, the film unfolds the story of a glamorous Countess who saves the ancestral castle from the seige of a dashing and romantic Colonel with a secret weapon that blows the would-be conqueror sky-high into a dream worrld he never dared hope for. Gene Autry (the all-time King of Cowboys) makes a delightful return to the screen after an absence of years in his latest western action musical “Twilight on the Rio Grande” assisted by Sterling Holloway, Adele Marta, The Cass County Eoys and Champion Jnr., the wonder horse of the west. To tell you the story would no doubt spoil an even- ; ng of joyous entertainment, so just come along and join Gene in this thrill-jammed, song-filled adventure.

Regent Theatre Now Showing: “Anthony Adverse,” starring Fredric March, Olivia de Haviiland, Claude Raines, Edmund Gwenn. The picture follows the romantic adventures of Anthony Adverse through five countries, across the seas and over three continents. For mammoth sets, for colourful and picturesque backgrounds, for dynamic action, for the unusual characterisation of its tremendous cast from Frederic March, the star, down to thesmallest bit player, for the glamour of its romance, its human interest and sheer, unadulterated entertainment, this picture is unsurpassed.