AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES • -'T. .-

'ALL TALKW^'BIiGriTtrEiE'

“HURR.ICANE” TO-NIGHT.

..Amid -.the., I'ag.ihg,;, tempest and the: dm, ,ef,.i& nnitiny iibddrd :u. three-'naast-' ed :schooney. on the'high seas is en-!

,.of , the ’most thrilling all-' talking productions -that over showed in this town. It is Columbia’s “HurriTwhich us the feature <at the V'f,incqsu Theatre. to-riiight. The . capable oqst is; headed, by dJot>art Boswo.rh, with -Johnijy Mack Brown, Leila Hyams,. Allan,, Rosc.oe, Tom O’Brien arid.-ljeila McJntyve prominent in the supporting cast. The finished film is, a credit .to Oolujm.l»# and bespeaks thp .grtistry of Ralph Ince, who is respomu tile for he direction. With the exception of a.-feUt Shots taken during a Btorm in ;Ajdai).pe ’hall on a South Sea Island, where (.ajgroup of. pirates are .marooned, , the acion is, laid afeofird a three-irtaMed schooner bound for San Francisco. Bos worth, is seen as .[man whose, maniacal laug,hter he, heads his, craft into the teeth of the storm sends

/ tear ino the hearts of his, men, It J is.ibyiifar.ildte ,'hfst thing that ;we, have seen, Bosworth . do, an, ;is saying' a (great, deal for }Bos#i»rth. is renown-, ed .for, his delineation ß qf-sea r .captains,. The: entire production convincing. It 'is ..real. The, ..-audience .dives with the 'characters upon the screen::.- n. ■ .Three - short talkies and also the i serial, . * , .. ‘ Brices: .Circle, 3s 3d; Stalls, 2s; children.‘under 12, 6d..,,. ‘jGpmingiTrrdVldnday _„.and Tuesday, “The Singing Fool.”

a\L, JOI/SON IN “THE SINGING BOOL’’ MONDAY ’A.: TUESDAY.

Al Jolsqn’s back again! The man who fin ‘.‘The Jazz ’Singer”. won the laughter and tears of millions, now, comesdn an. absolutely different .picture which j deals with., - phase,, of Broadway life—“ The . Singing, Fool.” Wp first see .the. Jazz as a waiter in. a, far .from New Ypi?k cabaret,. Joe’s,’’ . toj Which, ending the -night's'revels, comes & gay ..crowd, headedKbyh.Marcus, a theatrical producer... The singing wait-; er.,. ;madly infatuated with Molly, an entertainer, begs her tossing" the song •lie , just dedicated to her, but . she in-, bajently refuses. Blackio'Joe then inpiafh, that. Al -sing. the,, song himself. Seeing that Marcus is impressed, Molly tries to reiiistate>herself in Al’s good graces, which is hard "to do, PS -he ’is .blind 4a> he% jesmeerity..; The 6ohg is [finally “soTcL-tp : Mlirais .with. the

understanding that Molly sings , it. Both Al and Molly: succeed-and in time ate'niarried. ’When sbpgleserts him,, it is,’tlie little cigarette’gi'ri at Blackie

-Joe’s .who comforts the disconsolate Am ginger, urging him for the sake of 'his: little gdh to-try , again. ‘He does, and' is on the crest of popularity When-his 1 former wife telephones that their child and : jheart appeal of the" story! - can be in\qgined only by -{twfee who know Al ' JolsonWgunoanny ability to s play with the•!emotions of on an ;audience. There: is ;4»n evident sincerity which is ir-. resistible- -It is .as if, our joys and soi-, '< . r qws!, packed away jS>r a time, were suddenly taken out, .and suffused with all the old ’ pain which we tKought‘had been. dead. 'Two leading ladies, Betty Bronson and Josephine Dtmn, play with understanding contrasting types. ' Three-year-old Davey Lee ,is adorable Us baby;Sonny Bov, “Singling [Fool” devotes "Tus "life. Reed makes an impasirtg menace to, the of the hero, and; JSd ' Mafitindel is satisfactory as tile suave ipan of the world. Lloyd Bacon hfe gised every means of making each gituatidn'yield the last degree qf humor.mnd ißathos, and great credit is due Byron Haskin for his deft use of the camera.-.. Al Jolson in “The Singing, .Foql” comes ,to the Princess Theatre oil. Monday and Tuesday next. Sup-; ports include three Short Talkies, j “.Tannahauser,” “Howard Bros,” “MiilerVjind (Farrell.” Prices:, Circle 3s ,3d,. Wtnlls‘2s. /Cliildren under 12; years ■ of: age Is.: . < ;■. \J )> . , v - ' -