AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

Q ' EVERYBODYB PICTURES. f^ v .; . k ’ ' ’ •' '■’ n > DAVBY LEE PLAYS “SONNY BOY” WITH ELFIN WISDOM, £ f \ REPEATING ■ TO-NiGHT^IJ .At (tli© Princess Theatre last) night jl. very- successful "pygfetation wia given of the talkie. -t;8° nn y Roy,’.’. Tlie audience vvlio saw Warner Rpos, new. child star in his first starring “Sonny Boy,” surrendered tinan--T^n^usly. and . completely to the charm Tnnd poise of the. youngster. He held them captivated. He was so natural and unstudied that he did not seem to be acting at all, but just to be living, through the humorous, pathetic and ! . thrilling moments of the picture. Young Davey is a big “find.” Sonny Boy, son of quarreling parents, is stolen by the mother’s sister to keep his father from funning off to Europe with him. The aunt takes him ,to the apartment of the father’s lawyer, who is to be gone for some days, when the chase grows h,ot,. She pretends to be the \lawyer’s wife, and has to keep up. the pretense when his. parents arrive Jinyjfkpectedly, and later when the lawyer iijjthimself .returns. He learns wffo“.the ”girl‘ is from'her telephone conVersatipil with the child’s mother, and there is all sorts of a comedy mix-.up when she ■ anqyes • thinks'she has a rendezvous .wftjL.his, attorney. Lovers of a good picture should not miss this fine programme. . , Fojxr short Talkies will also lie shown. Prices: Circle, 2s; Stalls, Is 6d; .Children, .(under 12), downstairs;. 6d. '■'S'Sfak* '■ ■ ' • • ISkk; >