STATE THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 18, 5 February 1937, Page 3

STATE THEATRE

COMEDY TO-MOEROW.

Kicking shina, ' hurling tomatoes, bustin'g windows and raising tho rooi in general, Jane Withers takes time out from -her wild pranks to play a halfpint Robin Hood of lower New York in "Pepper," her new Twentieih Cen-tury-Fox picture which opens to-mor-row at the State Theatre. With Irvin S. Cobb and Slim 'iummerville as her hilarious henchmen, "Ginger" Jane goes on a riotous rampage in. her new hit that promises to J eclipse even the merriest of the misChievous miss's previous triumphs. The film opens in a wild rush of excitement and comedy as Jane leads her "gang" tlirough the 1 streets, celebrating the Fourth of July by creating havoc in the neighbourhood. The fun ceases abruptly when Jane comes upon a family being evicted from the tenement flat and she sends the other kids out to raise eleven dollars necessary to pay the rent. When they f all «hort of their goal by five dollars, Jane decides to get the money from Irvin S. Cobl), a dyspeptic millionaire. Threateniijg Cobb with an over-ripe tomato, Jane blackmans him for the money. Two songs are featured in ' ' Pepper, " with Jane singing one and also collahorating with Cobb and Sunun'erville in a hilarious rendition of "The Song of the CoyoteR " Finally To-night

To-night the final screenmgs take place of "Mummy's Boys" a rip-roar-ing comedy in the usual Wheeler-Wool-sey style. The scene is laid in Egypt and the word "Mummy" gives a certain amount of the- story away.