OPERA HOUSE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 201, 26 August 1943, Page 3

OPERA HOUSE

The Walt Disney programme, which has drawn packed houses at the Ope “a House during the past few days screens finally to-day. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is the main feature. “Ten Gentlemen From West Point.” From one of the least known and most romantic episodes of early American days, 20th Century-Fox brings to the screen the smashing, action-packed story of the Unite.: States Military Academy in “Ten Gentlemen from West Point,” screening tit (he Opera House to-morrow. Starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara and John Sutton, the film mis been called a rousing successor to 'Io the Shores of Tripoli," and boasts a climax which previewers claim will make you stand up and cheer. It took 20th Century-Fox two years to prepare “Ten Gentlemen from West Point" for the screen, and more than three months to 111 m. The story is set in the days when the future of the Point hung precariously. On the shoulders of ten courageous cadets rested the existence of "the citadel ot heroes," and it is to their everlasting credit that they did not fail. They braved the storm of criticism, proved their worth in battle, and enabled America to keep its "Eagle’s Nest”' intact, so teat in future crises America could look to West Point for leaderships. Preview critics awarded the stars lavish praise for their expert performances.