AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

FVERYBODYS PICTURES, j

“ WICKEDNESS PREFERRED ”

-TO-NIGHT.

Lew Cody ; and- Aileen Pringle, wjio have already made fame for themselves in “ Adam and Evil ” “Tea for ■Three,’’ garner fresh laurels in “.Wickedness Preferred,” .their newest Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer co-starring comedy which will be shown at the Princess Theatre to-night. Lew is seei\ 4*l-;the role of an author who writes romantic stories ©»f island ; life —which ,'he bolsters up with data 'from his encyclopaedia. •Aileen Pripgle plays the yole of the wife 'who takes her husband’s dictation,. , looks up the encyclopaedia for Lew’s lies, and recognises in him a soul Iningry for romance, but unable to live up to the reputation hie has created—in fact, as dependent on; Irik“wise and • efficient wife as a new ■ born babe. Nevertheless, , Lew creates such a heart-pouriding reaction to his caveman theories in Baby Burton, a flighty blonde staying with her prosaic husband at a summer resort hotel, that she proposes,Tunning away to a desert island with Kinr. ißaiby’si jt^sbairicj;furiously objects’tb-this, 1 btli wifey’’ls do*, fiant. -Moreover, the author’s wife encourages the romdriticistt ! ijopum| away, knowing that “tlm Ifaifufe of the plan will ctire them pf ;their ’fancies.s 1 What happens at the cave is worth ; going a long way to see—if you don’t mind gales of laughter ail /around you;- - and you have a'funny bone * yourself. Mary McAllister and - -outsize- Bert Roach make mirth galore as the matrimonial couple opposite Lew Cddy'aiul Aileen Pringle. 1 A fine supporting series will also be shown to-night. - On Friday next, "Circus Life” will be the stnr attraction. Never before has such a remarkable’ circus story leached, the screeilf You live in the atmosphere of the 'sawdust ring—you thrill at' the applause of the crowd—you hate with the hate of the circus folk—and you love as they love.