AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

4 T EVERYBPDYS PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT AND TUESDAY - “SWEETIE.”

A famous comedy team —that ol William Austin, an actor of British comedy parts, and George Marion, jr., the man ,who writes the .characterisations, is reunited for another dialogue pro-duction—-Paramount’s super-pep picture,.'“Sweetie”, which' iS coming to the Princess Theatfix to-night and Tuesday., -7 .

Austin plays tlrq'part of Percy (R'is- ' •«. sy) Willow, professor of English in the vT> Refhani >,school, s.for|vvhoys, thy-entra-i ’ locale of Plie plot for this song-anu-dance-aikl-dialdgue extravaganza. The .success;-of" William. Austin n his . ! . rqles with Marion’s English comic titles was partly :responsible for bis signing of a long tgrm : contract as a I’ar iimount, featured player two .ygars ago. He has 'had 'lengthy-exiiericnce in similar parts ou the legitimate stage. % . Nancy Carroll, Paramount’s rcilheaded'.,cutie,. jias thetitle role in (‘Sweetie.’.; She ) plays the chorus g' r | whp,inherits w heys’ school. .Jack o«kie, the .wise-cracking'Elmer Kane of “East Jtrtd Jjelen Kane, the bigreyed -babe. with, the infaiit voice, VdJ are featured ’ witjijivliss CarrollI. Frank Tuttle ’direciecF the picture. • Ther# _ ; qreo’jai?«R4a.bett*-pf , .original songs . featured in tile production, the work of Richard A. Whiting, famous composer of popular melodies. A good supporting, programme. , Prices 3s, 2s, plus tax., - •

THE HUMPHREY BISHOP MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY. • THURSDAY NEXT. Nothing could ..be, finer than the ‘.obvious spirit of abandon and perfect enjoyment with which the artists of " the Humphrey Bishop Company seem to enter into their work. They seem to bo obsessed* with the importance, too, of giving, the Very choicest goods they have to offer,” and when one laughs heartily at some, of their clever sallies or witticisms or shows his or her apprecaution!s!: of a fine song scene, they seem to Say: • “That’s nothing, just von wait foif the next one.” It all a pears to be, such a joyous business to each one; and the - show rushes along with such a swing and sparkle that by the time Maurice Barling one of the three

comedians of ‘the Company delivers himself of one of his many laughable sketches, the house-.-is usually in an uproar. . One regretfully allows him to • leave tlie stage, and tlie dazzling finale is .oivarid over, aiid the straiiis of the 'National 'Anthem . are hi. one’s ears, ajid v< ber.ore pin)., quite- realises it ha is reaching:for.-his.diat,e-having listened to • ■ :a really iiniqufe-entertainment’ a most deleqtable 'show-AvitlL a’' charm all its •own. Thus ad ent'btisiastic commentator writer concerning the new J'lnglisb ‘' Huinplirfe'll Bitihbp Cjpiedy Coy, who appear gt, ; PrjnceVs Theatre on Thursday night. , 77. . •