AMUSEMENTS
- At the Opera House Now Showing: "Rage in Heaven/’ starring Ingrid Bergman, Robert Montgomery and George Sanders. Is there such a thing as the perfect crime?” Cunning minds have toyed with this idea, planned diabolical plots and considered themselves super-minds. But in the annals of crime, men have invariant, naid for their misdeeds, trapped b> a weak link in their scheming. Janies Hilton .author of 'Good-bye, Mr. Chips” and “Lost e Horizon’ , wrote one of the most fascinating stories about a ‘‘perfect crime' ever penned in his novel “Rage in- Heaven ” It has now been brought to the screen by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as fascinating, exciting, suspenseful drama, starring Robert Montgomery Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders, and now showing at the Opera House Theatre. It is a deeply human study in character, revealing the innermost mental workings of a twisted mind. Montgomery, who skips from comedy to drama with versatile ease, portrays this weakly ing, handsome, intelligent, but emotionally unstable. He weds a beautiful girl hut tortures himself with the unjustified belief, that she loves hi* s best, friend. This is the, back--o-round for his planning a crime to Send his friend to the hangman and ’rM himself of a rival. How he does it is as tensely surprising as it is novel and unusual. His scheme does fail, but by a matter, of minutes, and the’final solution will keep you on the edge of your seats to the final , fade-out. Regent Shows , Mbw Showing: “Adventure Island,” starring Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly. , "Adventure Island” with Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming and . Paul Kellv heading the cast, is a picture entirely by thrilling action and flaming romance. Adapted from Stevenson’s greatest adventure classic- "Ebb Tide. the new film tells a tale that has been read and loved down through the years. It is a story of strange places and strange people, and of the exciting events in which they become involved. Three desperate men steal a sailing ship carrying a valuable cargo and a beautiful stowaway. They put into an unchartered island of mystery and legendary treasure, ruled by a mad white god. In this tropical paradise, .■’motions become inflamed and lustfill men battle to the death for wealth and love
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Grey River Argus, 1 September 1948, Page 2
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370AMUSEMENTS Grey River Argus, 1 September 1948, Page 2
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