AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURES. ' TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY. v TWO BLACK CROWS IN DARKIE . . . CHARACTERS.

‘‘iVVhy. Bring That Up?”, the Two Black Crows first Paramount all-talk-ing picture, at the Princess Theatre to-night and Saturday. Thousands of Gramophone enthusiasts, who know the , Black Crows already by then Colombia records, will be given the chance to-see and hear them for the first ..-.'d;*-. v ■ time. -

The Two Black Crows, Moran ami Mack, spent several years in studying many , distinct types of American neg- - roes, -before developing the characters • they present in their famous comedy dialogue. Both comedians were born in the State: df "Kansas, which borders on the Southern States, and had ample opportunity to study the negroes during their youth. Mack says ..that the contact . with the happy,: .-carefree blacks, greatly influenced thenycbmedy. The characters they' present 'are hot typical of any parf^tiiar- type,---but are really a conir biimtiofi/iofe-mahy types. E^elyu<jgrerit a?id Harry Green are featured .in support, -and it was directed -by George Abbott.,

\ GLOOM CHASERS COMEDY CCY. R Q&S.,- SATIf Rj) A Y NIGHT. At the Totara Hall,. Ross, to-morrow night, the. Gloom Chasers VaudeviUe.bGoinpahy make, a . return visit, . w.HiclU is' being looked forward to by.theatre lovers-Avith genuine enjoy- .. . melit.. '.This company have always • made it the,if policy to provide the public, with something new and refresliihg, ,;Sfi.d" this time they are making , a feature, offtheir t.lNew Minstrel Show.” This is a treat for old and. young, and !• piany- old .favourites, and new noyeltjes.'v|,Come j and. s«jp. the . niggers ‘‘ Tambb ’ ’land. 1 ‘ Bones. ’ ’ 'They are a sereaoitfrdm . start to finish. The comi pany also appear at Harihari on Monj day night.