AMUSEMENTS;.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS;.

pictures \ . • "‘BROADWAY DADDIES,” TONIGHT. . r Scintillating romance against a colorful and glamorous : background ojf. tlie Gay White Way .describes Columbia’s ‘‘Broadway Daddies,” a i Master Picture! release, which is the I (attraction at the Princess Theatre. I It is a drama of surprises, swift I action and intrigue amid the. luxurI iou's'.surroundings of the playgrounds I of*i file idle rich. You’ll enjoy the B production. It tells aii interesting ■L story , drawn from, life without the and color which so frequently photoplays of this type. The is exceptionally fine., Eaeh mem- " Bfits the role with glove-like nicety • vim and life into the part. Windermere,. the director, eerknows how to get the’most: out of his players. He works" every jieeiie for nil it is worth without attempting; to pad or. distort if. Jacqueline Logan' is" at her best as the dancing girl, wKo scorns wealthy “daddies,” lim-, pu'sines, and presents, in the hope qf winning the true love of a poor hut ambitious youth. She much . prefers eating in a cheap Chinese restaurant with the youth she lov.es to having the mast expensive . luxuries with the man she detests. But the little dancer is fooled her poor youth turns o,ut to be a spion, of wealth and then the .trouble begins. Rex Lease handles* the masculine lead in a charming manner. He has a screen personality that .-wins both men and women. He is clean cut and always gives a finished performance. Alec B. Farneis. **3»e boy’s fathdr. Tlie veteran actor presents the type of father every boy and girl wolild like to have, a man who places hi/', son’s future happiness first and is! filling to make any sacrifice that qtfje. --boy may be happy. . ; A ’good su pportipg series will ajgq ]Be shown,. : Mr Restieaux- at the piano.' t