AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PIGTURE& WALLACE BEERY AND RAYMOND HATTON—TO-NIGHT. A city is steeped in crime and two underworld gangs engage in deadly warfare because one band lias encroached upon tile other’s territory. Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton are on the trail of the crooks! That is the situation in “Partners in Crime,” the Paramount melodramatic comedy, which opens at the J Princess Theatre to-night. They have sailed the seas, the inimitable Beerv and Hatton. They have scaled the Alps, braved the terrors of the trenches, and made the world happier for fire insurance writers, but they have never before been as funny as they are as tin; nemesis of the underworld. For the first time since they have been starred as team comedians, Beery and Hatton are provided in “Partners in Crime” with a straight melodramatic story. A story teeming in thrills, abounding in humorous situations and with an interesting love theme woven through . it. Beery takes the part of a dud detective and Hatton plays dual roles; those of a wise-cracking newspaper reporter, and of a savage gang leader. The stars do not clown or wear ludicrous cos tumes in this picture. The. story furnishes plenty of laughs through legitimate' situations and Beery and Hatton make the mast of the comedy possibilities. Hold vour sides when Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton start working their laugh antics. They’re a ruthless pair of joy-makers and they won’t stop for anything. They have the world on their side all the time. A real story, real romance, real thrills and, above all, real, hon-est-to-good ness fu n. A Topical and Comedy will complete the display to-night and Mr F. Restieaux and his orchestra will play ‘the incidental score. On Tuesday Anita Stewart in “Name the Woman.”