AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EvkfIYBODYS PICTURES.

HAROLD LLOYD IN “WELCOME DANGF-R.”

Harold Lloyd, who is recognised all .over .the world, as a past master at putting thrills on the semen, outdoes himself in. his first all-talking Paramount release, “Welcome Danger”, at the Princess Theatre to-night, t,Tuesday). Underground Chinatown in San Francisco provides the setting for the happenings, which are guaranteed t 0... chills racing through the blood of even the most anaemic picture, fan.

. When “Welcome Danger” was first previewed as a 100 per cent, sound and dialogue picture, in a small town outside of Los Angeles, the audience virtually yelled its response to the thrilling action. Not since Lloyd’s memorable climb up the face of a. twelve story r building in “Safety Last,” has an audience visibly reacted to one of his pictures as it did to the preview of “Welcome Danger.”

It’s .a (different kind of a thrill one gets in the Lloyd all-talkie, however. The circulatory system increases its speed every time Lloyd moves in the underground Chinatown scenes, arid the heart responds frequently frequently' to the number of classic romance scenes between the bespectacled comedian and his new leading lady’, Barbara Kent, in other portions of the picture. Lloyd has the habit of making his gags appear plausible, and in “Welcome. Danger,” lie lias his audience fighting with him through every foot of the smashing finish, so sincere is the action .and setting. Also a good supporting programme. Prices 3/-, 2/-, (plus tax).