AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 15 November 1948, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

At the Opera House Finally To-night; “The Man from Colorado.” Commencing to-mor-row: “Fighting Father Dunne,” starring Pat O’Brien. How a militant priest makes a career of providing for homeless boys forms the theme of R.K.O.’s new starring vehicle for Pat O’Brien "Fighting Father Dunne,” commencing at the Opera House to-morrow, with Darryl Hickman, Una O’Connor, Joe Sawyer, Charles Kemper and Arthur Shields in featured roles. Based on the real-life story of the noted St. Louis pastor whose Newsboys’ Home grew into a famous institution, the picture weaves its drama and its humour out of the struggles of Father Peter Dunne to establish and carry on his, project. Beginning with three waifs whom he takes undei* his wing, the priest finds a home for them in a shabby old house, and steadily adds to his nock. Kindly neighbours and charitable tradesmen .help him out, but before long the home has become too big for him to handle alone. How he persuades a group of business men to finance an adequate building for his hundreds of “guests,” and how, despite an occasional failure, he has the satisfaction of seeing his boys grow up to become respectable citizens, leads to the picture’s climax. Regent Shows Finally To-night: "Carnegie Hall.” Commencing t'o-miorrow; “Summer Holiday,” starring Mickey Rooney, Gloria De Haven’ Walter Huston, Frank Morgan. , “Summer Holiday,” M.G.M. s technicolour musical, is based on Eugene O’Neill’s play, "Ah, Wilderness!” which described in nostalgic terms the pleasures of small-town life in the early 1900’s, and particularly the case history of young Richard Miller who tries to carry the nroblems of the whole world on his frail shoulders. Mickev Rooney is Richard Miller, confronted with the difficulties of making his adoration articulate to eager but shy Muriel, played by Gloria D e Haven; experiencing his first taste of worldly wisdom when he falls into the clutches of worldwise Belle (Marilyn Maxwell). Rooney and Miss De Haven are superb in the role of the adolescent oair. Walter Huston and Frank Morgan ar? expertlv cast in the respective roles of Richard’s baffled father and the mischievous Uncle Sid. Butch Jenkins is responsible for manv of the picture’s laughs as the family’s youn vest off-snring.