AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 1 June 1943, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House “The Man Who Returned to Life” and “Henry and Dizzy.” “THE MAN WHO RETURNED TO LIFE.” Acclaimed as a strange and powerfully exciting drama, “The Man Who Returned To Life,” is now showing at the Opera House. The story has a distinctively unusual theme, being based on the question of whether or not a successful business man will dare risk his career and family in order to save the life of a man unjustly convicted of murder! With John Howard in the leading role the cast also includes lovely Lucile Fairbanks, Marcella Martin, Ruth .Ford, Roger Clark and Paul Guilfoyle among many others. Produced on the flashback idea, the film opens with Howard appearing as a middle-aged man. He is staring at a newspaper photo of himself and upon reading the accompanying article, is shocked to learn that a man he once knew has been condemned to die for his murder. The way in which he solves this dilemma provides a top notch climax. “HENRY AND DIZZY” Henry Aldrich, the most misunderstood boy in the world, is having his troubles again in the new Paramount comedy, “Henry and Dizzy now showing at the Opera House, with Jimmy Lyton as Henry and Charles Smith as Dizzy. The two boys get into a jam when Henry borrows a motor boat for an hour’s joy ride on the lake and inadvertently sinks it. Henry is forced to sign a confession of theft and. is threatened by gaol unless he produces another boat or payment in full for the lost one. The plot ■thickens, and so do Henry’s problems. “Henry and Dizzy” is a riot of fun and laughs at ppor Henry s expense. The cast, in addition to the three playmates, includes John Litel and Olive Blakeney as Henry s distracted parents, Vaughan Glaser and Maude Eburne.

Regent Theatre Now Showing: “Pacific Rendezvous,” starring Lee Bowman and Jean Roaer.s

An Axis spy ring seeking to t steal secret military codes and the Navy's subsequent tracking down of the band provides mounting excitement in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “Pacific Rendezvous.” Comedy and romance all abundant in the timely story introduces a new team, J’ean Rogers and Lee Bowman. Jean plays the daughter of the special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. Bowman, appearing as a dashing hero for the first time, is cast as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. To him falls the task of not only heading the. decoding department when spies kill its former leader, but the tracking down of a group to prevent the sinking oi American transports in the Pacific. Highlights in this timely picture are the sinking of an American • warship in the Pacific by a Japanese submarine; the search in the Navy decoding offices for a key to spy messages being relayed to Japan; the death of Commander Brennan; the life and death struggle between Gordon and Leemuth for the Brennan code and the capture of Gordon by enemy spies. The excellent supporting cast includes Paul Cavanagh. Russell Hicks, Blanche Yurka and Felix Basch. Associate programme includes: A Technicolour Cartoon; a Pete Smith; a Musical, and latest Paramount News.