AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES • THAT’S MY BABY” TO-NIGIJX. To-night at the Princes:-, Theatre Douglas Macl.i mu will be presented in bis latest Paramount special " That My 75aby.” I'niSke many of the other I current farces, ‘‘Thai's .My Baby,” has the novelty of a series of situations that are refreshingly new. The irrepressible .Mad.can plays the role of an infatuated young man. who falls in love with a feminine ankle, starts a whirlwind courtshop of the ankle’s lovely owner, only to find himself suddenly saddled with a strange baby at a time when lie needs a baby about as much as lie needs smallpox. Comic complications pile up with increasing rapidity and take an unexpected turn when .Macl.ean gives the girl’’* father what he thinks is a headache powder, hut which turns out to he poison. The life-and-death chase that follows involves automobiles, airplanes, parachutes and a load of hay. If you can imagine Macl.ean experiencing all the thrills of a dare-devil stunt aviator and the driver of a racing. auto, while still encumbered with the baby, you’ll have a faint idea of the hysterical fun generated by this episode. Under M'iTliam Monudine’s capable direction, a notahi’e supporting cast ably seconi.s the happy-go-lucky Afacl.ean. Margaret Morris makes a particularly attractive heroine, and the work of Claude Gillingwater, Eugenine Fordo. Made Botclcr. ttichard Tucker and Fred Kelsey is exceptionally creditable. On Tuesday at S p.m. under the auspices of the Navy l.eaguo reminiscences of Jutland and tin* situation in the North Sea during the Great War will he given bv Lieut.-Commander A. T>. Foyle. ILN. (Rtd.). when commanded the after turret of TI.M.S. New Zealand during the battle. The talkwill he ili'iislrntod with slides made from photographs taken by various officers and will he I’olowed by interesting Admiralty films and a comedy. Csual prices will he charged -,,,7 patrons are advised to hook early at •MeTntosh’s shop.