AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

£V|RYBODYB PICTURES. AND SATURDAY. “MANSLAUGHTER.” Winding along at a breath-taking speed! Whizzing ahead at a thrill-a-i,nnute! And bang! You come up short against a tremendous climax. That’s ''' the feeling you get watching “Manslaughter” at the Princess Theatre, tonight a,nd Saturday. Speed, Us the sensation that stands out most, vividly as “Manslaughter opens. Claudette Colbert, its capricious heroine, runs wild with an oigy of fast-driving, fast-living, careless, , carefree, utterly selfish and thoughtless. You see her flying over the high, ways in a monster motor ; flashing over the waves in a tilting aquaplane; dancing, loving with reckless abandon. And then pulled up short by a tragedy caused by her own daring. “Manslaughter” grips you! It’s a story with an idea at the .back of it, . pictured vividly on the talking screen. Claudette. Colbert, beautiful, young,

i and. assured position, lives life riot"'■i ously. Her every whim is acrenlity. • • • She falls in love with Fredric March, ■■■'■ but, when she cannot win this handTO:- some young district attorney around n*'. her frivolous fingers, she casts him off. -’Then the tragedy, and the district at-

;■ tofney is forced to prosecute this girl Toves’ for manslaughter. She goes to prison, vowing vengeance and there ''.Vlq'artt?' what life really means. She lives the drab routine of prison, life ' where, social distinction is unknown. "' Released she seeks her'revenge on the ,J ' ‘man she onced loved, and finds that her plans are only vengeance on herself.

“Manslaughter” in talking pictures is a new revelation in emotion-stirring melodrama. It will be remembeft-ed. It gets under the skin. Supports include Fox News and Serial. Prices -2/6, 1/6, children 6d downstairs.