AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVEftYBODYS PICTURES

JOHNNY HINES TO-NIGHT. Johnny Hines has discovered that inventors have, their troubles just the .Sijjne as other people, as can be seen at Jfie Princess Theatre to-night when the comedian’s new First National picture, V The .Wright Idea,” produced by C. C. Rurr, is the -big laugh feature.. Practically, all of; Johnny Hines’ pictures Jaave depicted the ..life of the average young man ,who is . ambitious and who wishes to rise, above , his . mediocre surroundings. Johnny has. characterized the country boy, the salesman, clerk, automobile mechanic, tourist guide, and ev.en the plumber. But now he has ,became an inventor. In his current role the comedian . discovers that the.only people who seem to seek his Society are bill collectors and his landlady., .Folks seem to forget that an inventor has to eat. So life continues in its monotonous way until Johnny befriends an old gentleman and the same day gets into an argument him-, self with the “/prettiest and sweetest girl in the world ’’—and all over an old flivver. But the mysterious old gentleman presents Johnny v,. with a yacht, so he invites the girl abroad to continue the argument, . as well, as a number of prospects .who are bidding for His invention. But what a yacht! Strange things occur aboard which,' need more than a pair of sea-legs to j cope with, but after a hilarious and j exciting time, Johnny comes out on'. top, wins the girl, and the usual “ Bankroll.” j ■A topical and,comedy will also be presented to-night