AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS' PICTURES

‘DOING C ROOK ED”—WEDNESDAY Was ill© voting attorney right lo ‘•go crooked’’ to solve n mystery, save the girl he loved and the life of an iii not out liny? The answer is found in Fox Films version of “Going Crooked.” a. unique crook comedy drama which collies t<> the I’rinoc.xs Theatre on Wednesday next, lics'ie Love and Oscar Shaw have the leading roles. Miss I.ove plays the part of a lovely little adventuress who comes home from lxurope to find her gang involved in a murder trial and hiding a tremendous haul of valuable jewels. She is very angry that violence has hoen resorted to and does not mince words when she tells the head of the gang her candid opinion of the transaction. He. fearing that her opinions will get them into trouble, persuades her to take a vacation at a nearby resort. ’Here she meets and falls in love with the young distiici attorney who lias tried the ease. This further complicates matters, especially when she returns disgusted villi her mode of life and determined to go straight. The gang, ho ever, “frame'’ her and she is caught in I lie act of robbing a safe on her last job by none other than the young attorney who has framed the gang. When lie

ill-; overs whom he Inis caught and has her e in licet ion with the gang explained lo him, he decides to “go crooked himself to save her and a hoy who has been (oink'inned to death on circiimst.anii.il evidence. From then on the story moves with lightning rapidity. One thrill follows another with several good laughs in between lo ma' e e.enis more thrilling until the climax cilinos with an unexpected suddenness A Topical and C nnedy will complete a

line in ire. Fridav- \ Rig Special will he presented starring Reginald Denny in “Take It From Me.”