OPERA HOUSE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 268, 13 November 1942, Page 3

OPERA HOUSE

The smashing story of the U.S. Marine Corps and what it takes to turn out a fighting "leatherneck" has been brilliantly brought to the screen in 20th. Century-Fox's Technicolour epic, "To The Shores Of Tripoli,” which screens at the Opera House to-day. There is nothing more heroically traditional than the spirit of the Marines, and “To The Shores Of Tripoli" shows us what makes them that way. Most of the action takes place at the San Diego Marine Base, and it is there that John Payne, a raw recruit, is turned into a firstclass fighting man by Sergeant Randolph Scott. For the romantic interest, which no Marine would be without, Maureen O’Hara has been placed in the role of a lovely Navy nurse. Naturally, John succumbs to her charms and Irish temper. A know-it-all attitude on his part threatens to keep him away from becoming a true “devil-dog,” but when the finale comes, John is up in front as a true son of the Marine forces. The acting by Payne, Miss O’Hara

and Scott leaves nothing to be desired and the rest of the cast which includes such top performers as Nancy Kelly, William Tracy, Maxie Rosenbloom, Henry Morgan, Edmund MacDonald, Russell Hicks and Minor Watson is first-rate. Special credit should be given to

1 s Director Bruce Humberstone, who ? has given the picture a true feeling i 1 of the spirit of the Marine Corps. A r fast-moving screen play by Lamar |Trolti adds immeasurably to the ) film’s excellence. <