AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

1 EVERYBODYS PICTURES. TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY. * REAL UNDERWORLD DANCE HALL LIFE IS SHOWN IN FILM. Into tlie strange byways of Los An- ' gelfes y ‘ Underworld went scouts for First National Pictures and corraled .sheiks and taxi-dancers for one of the important sequences of “Son of the Gods,” starring Richard Barthelmess, noiV playing at tlie Princess Theatre. 'f The result was breath-taking in its authenticity and realism. Sallow-skin-ned, greased-haired young chaps, hardboiled girls, weiid ways, strange mnnr ners-—all these were transplanted on P to V set and filmed and recorded in the dance hall scene from Rex Beach s drimatic novel, which now has l>ecome one of the sensational pictures of the year. From this set, Art Director Jack' a typical low-class dance hall. The dancing floor was fenced in by a railing with turnstiles at which ticket takers were posted; between dances the "girls rested on (benches inside the enclosure. There were three men present for every woman, and 1 they all laughed and chatted, shouted and waved their arms in simulated gleefulness. It is vivid, pulsing with life—the real thing, according to those who know. Frank Lloyd directed “Son of the Gods.”, The production is entirely in dialogue, and a large cast hedded by Constance Berinett supports Barthelmess. Also Four Shorts and Serial. Prices: 2s and Is 6d, plus tax.