AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

FVERYBODYS PICTURES. DOUBLE . STAR PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT. * • .1 A big double star programme will Jb.o presented at the Princess Theatre to-night headed by Iren Rich iji “The Silver Slave,” a Warner Bros, five reel drama, and “Lady Be Good,” from the musical comedy, .starring ''■' Dorothy Mackaili and Jack Mulhall. ' .’’lren# Rich danced 'through “The Silver Slave” with an evident enjoyment,: a verve and gaiety, which carries the idea to its highest point. " As a girl she Jhad been married to a • man of wealth and much her Seinor. In due time he,-.went the way of all i-cflesh, leaving admail daughter, and .a fortune which was at> his widow’s disposal until such time as she should /*•* decide to re-marry. The child grows tp \vomanhpod and starts in pursuit •of a millionaire man-about-town, : r ’oils,ting asjde the sweetheart of her

’ childhood. Her captivating mother, - H.V ait; her wits’ end to prevent her daugh- • ter-making her own mistake, decides i 'to..,.wip Janet’s beau from her, and does so. The girl is furious, and when an earlier lover of her mother copjes she sets her cap for him. Mo,tiler double-crosses ..this. too. The merry hodge-podge is of course finally adjusted as it. should be. Sophisticated, human, swiftvin -action, brilliant in conception, “The Silver Slave’’ merits your patronage: • Do you ever wonder what is going on in the. wings and backstage when you attend a. legitimate " theatre ? You’ll find out, at least to a certain extent, in “Lady Be Good,” First National’s farce comedy featuring Dorothy Mackaill and .lack Mulhall, which opens to-night at tlie Princess Theatre. “Lady Bo Good” is a story of vaudeville performers, with most of it occurring in the dressing rooms , and- back-stage. Arguments, quarrels, disagreements, all sorts of things may be happening just a few feet from the stage. Blit when the entrance call comes, ; sentences are halt•ed verbless, arguments are temporarily abandoned, fixed smiles appear like magic, and the battlers go capering out t.n do their turn. ‘‘Lady Be Good,” as a musical comedy, had a long V n in virtually every large city and its success promises to be duplicated on the screen. Within the last f,ew years musical comedies have been the inspiration for many successful pictures, mainly of the farcical type. Special selections by the Orchestra and usual , prices will be charged. On Tuesday the screen’s greatest favourite, Ramon Novarro in “A Certain Young Man.” ■