AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. REGINALD DENNY TO-NIGHT. Lt frequently happens that the laugh? an audience gets out of a motion picture represent months of effort on the part of a vast movie organisation and the guffaws are worth thousands ol dollars each to the producers. When

you sec " hast and Furious.” the l.'ui-versal-lewel production which is the feature attraction at the Princess Theatre to-night, with Reginald Penny in the starring role, you trill see a concrete example of the “ snare no expense ” type of motion picture. As an outstanding feature of ' " Fast and Furious,” Director Mel Drown filmed some of the most startling auto racing

sequences ever seen in any picture. Some of the best known drivers appear in these scenes, together with their cars, many of which have broken world’s speed records on the country’s best tracks. In order to Him these ■ shots to the best advantage a steel bridge was thrown across the speedway at a height just sufficient to allow the roaring mounts of the racers to pass underneath. From this vantage point the cameraman ground away as car after <ar hurtled by in a cloud of. dust, and the acrid odour of castor oil and burning rubber. Penny him sc 11 Lakes part in these speed annihilating scenes. Playing opposite the star is beautiful llarbara Worth as the girl in the case. Claude Cillingwater, Annum! Kali/.. Lee Moran. C'has. IC. French, Wilson llenge and others are in the cast.

The usual supports will also he presented, including a topical and comedy. Usual prices will 'he charged tonight.

On Wednesday next a William Fox production “ Rich Rut Honest,” starring Nancy Nash, Clifford Idol-land, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Ted McNamara, will he presented.