AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. HAROLD LLOYD TO-NIGHT. "flow docs the boy do it?” you hear iu awesome and admiring tones from those who have watched the progress of Harold Lloyd during the last three years, each picture setting a higher standard than the last, until it seems that surely he has reached the zenith of comedy production. But then comes his ncxi Bathe comedy, and it is not only funnier, hut is different in type. Now we have "Why Worry” to not only laugh at, but to shake our heads at and marvel over. It is Lloyd’s first .erious attempt at straight farce. Here are real characters and entirely probable situations exaggerated to a state of absurdity that yet remains within tno realms of possibility. "Why Worry” is the story of an American youth, accustomed to luxury, who has a flare of adventure in his make-up. He goes to South America and promptly becomes enmeshed in a lierce, fiery and flaming revolution. It is a story of intrigue and romance such as 'Richard Harding Davis would revel in, yet containing surprises and twists such as 0. Henry would give it, and is a decided departure from previous Lloyd stories. from the moment Lloyd is introduced being taken aboard ship on a stretcher to the final fade-out, where he is tying up traffic, "Why Worry” is one mirthful, hilarious situation after another. each situation inextricably hound up with the plot, thereby producing a staccato laugh effect throughout the entire development of a story that intrigues the interest, while adding the glow of romance. Conspicuous among Lloyd’s aides in "Why Worry" are Johvna Ralston and John A a sen. Jobyna is young, pretty and spiriied. Anson is an 8 foot !) inch giant and is such a Hit we prophecy giants on the screen will he in demand hereafter. He takes you back to the days when you believed in Jack, tut' Giant Killer. "Whv Worry” is a riot of fun, and llie only tiling for you to worry about is getting into the Princess Theatre tonight. The supports include William Duncan and Edith Johnson in “The East Express.” The prices for to-night are:—Upstairs 2s; downstairs Is lid: Children under 12. 6d.