AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I *STAGE COMEDY “KEMPY” now “WISE GIRLS” ON SCREEN. One of the greatest stage successes Australia has ever known “Kernpy,” by J. C. and Elliott Nugent, comes as

■ a talking picture to the Princess • Theatre, to-night under the screen title of “Wise Girls.” It is a Metro-Goldwyri-Mayer production, directed by E. Mason Hopper. Picture aud-

iences at the Princes Theatre will get

a “strictly stage cast” in this famous domestic comedy for the four principal roles are taken by the same artists who played them for two years

in London and New York. J. C. Nugent plays his old role, that of th;e amusing “Pa.Benue,” while Elliott Nugent is “Kernpy,” a stuttering 'young pKim.ber-ar'chitect, who suddenly becomes, master of the “Bence” household. Norma Lee has her, original part as “Kate Bence,” while Clara Blandick is perfectly at home in her old role of “Ma Bence.” The whimsical part of the “Duke Merrill” is taken by no less a personality than Roland Young. This is the second talkie to he made by this British favourite, his first being “The Unholy Night.” First of the now popular domestic comedies, “Wise Girls” is still the leader in this field of drama. The plot centres around “Pa Bence” and his three daughters, two of whom' he has to provide husbands for. A sudden revolt of “Kate” one of the daughters, and her tumultuous marriage to “Kernpy James,” arch-itect-plumber, complicated by the-love of/'the rich “Duke Merrill,” provides fast motivation for a well-planned comedy of very human characterisations.

“Our Gang,” a talking comedy will also be shown.