AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES

BUSTER. KEATON AYEDXKST)AY. To unreservedly classify a picture as the greatest of its kind ever made, is a sweeping statement. “ Greatest ” is a trite word unless backed by umlispntablc evidence which warrants using it. The evidence that “ Battling Butler.” the new Buster Keaton photoscream at the Princess Theatre on \A odnosday, is the greatest eomedv ever made, is in tho form of opinion voiced bv leading Hollywood directors players, writers, film executives, amt others who saw the picture. ‘-Rattling Butler ”is different. The plot is different. Even Blister, funnier than ever, is different. Imagine the frozenlaced comedian, minus his pancake lint am] ill-fitting clothes, and being instead n Beau Brummel—a fashion plate vho changes his attire several times a day. with the aid of a valet! And then, because lovesick youth rush in where even policemen fear to tread, tlinist such, a dandy into an atmo-| sphere of bard-boiled pugilists, and the resultant happenings are a scream. Battling Butler ” is realised bv .Aletro-Goldwyn-Afaver.

A topical and comedy will also be shown. On Friday next " Undies at Play” "ill be presented, together with the second chapter of the new serial.