AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYB PICTURES.

REAL UNDERWORLD DANCE HALL LIFE IS SHOWN IN FILM

Into the strange byways of Los Angeles’ 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, now playing at the Princess Theatre. The result was breath-taking in - its authenticity and realism. Sallow-ski n-

ned, grjaased-hajred young chaps, hardv' .boiled girls, weird ways, strange mannersr— were transplanted on .to a set -land filmed and recorded in the dance hall scene from Rex Beach’s dramatic n,ovel, which now has become one of the sensational pictures of the year. Firom this set Art Director Jack Okey designed a typical low-class dp nee hall. , Tire 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 they all laughed and chatted, shouted and waved their arms in simulated gleefulness. It is yhirt, pulsing with life—the veal thing, according to those who know. Frank Llqyd directed “Son of the Gods. ’ The production is entirely in dialogue, and a . large oast .headed by Constance Bennett supports Ba-rthelmess. Also four Shorts. Prices: 2s and 15.,.6d, plus tax.