OPERA HOUSE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 308, 31 December 1942, Page 3

OPERA HOUSE

“The Perfect Snob." the big laugh show at the Opera House, featuring Charles Ruggles and Charlotte Greenwood. screens finally al the 2 o’clock and 8 p.m. .session. The associate feature, “Castle in the Desert," starring Sidney Toler as "Charlie Chan,” is a thrill-packed mystery-drama. “Miss Annie Rooney.” Film fans everywhere are cheering Shirley Temple's return to the screen —as a romantic young lady of fourteen! Shirley’s new picture is the Edward Small pr/> action, "Miss .Annie Rooney," which is slated for its local premiere at the Opera House, at the special 10 p.m. matinee to-night (New Year’s Eve). Shirley plays the part of a modern miss - a pert young lady, who is a marvel al doing the jitterbug, who has handsome boy iriends and who wears a gorgeous evening gown. She is seen .as the daughter of Bill Gargan and th? granddaughter of Guy Kibbee. Her two boy-friends are 16-ycar-old Dickie Moore, who has been in pictures since ho was 11 months old. and Roland Du Free, the talented young dancer, who gets his first dramatic role opposite Shirley. Briefly, the story of "Miss Annie Roone>" concerns the romantic affairs of Shirley after she meets Dickie Moore, who portrays the scion of a wealthy family. Their romance has its usual ups-and-downs, but it reaches a serious crisis when Shirley’s father, an. impecunious dreamer, crashes a swank party to demonstrate his rubber-making process. . ,