AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

£VRRYBODYS PICTURES. “DANCE FOOLS DANCE.” JOAN CRAWFORD IS STAR OF . EXCITING TALKIE. A ‘ * 1 “Dance Fools Dance,” wliich will open to-4ight at the Princess Theatre, is iVletro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s,, latest talking picture starring Joan Crawford. Tljis is the most glamorous of Miss Crawford’s receht roles, reflecting the tragic drama of “Within the Law,” ' her last screen offering. The' ; principally concerns the “underwor. ,nd newspaper life.'Lester - Vail, a newcomer to the screen who recently made his debut in “Beau Ideal,”, is Miss Crawford’s leading man in her new picture, and the supporting cast includes such film favourites as Cliff Edwards, William Bakewell'- William Holden, Clark Cable, Earl Foxe, Purnell B. Pratt, Hale Hamilton, Natalie Moorhead, Joan Marsh and Russell Hopton. Pel-haps outstanding in the spectacular episodes is a nocturnal lingerie swimming party staged during a, gay yabhting cruise in the opening scenes. In this, scores of dazzling damsels

'j. ktjfipftb unmentionables., and dive over- '' b'o&r.d with: their boy friends. Another glittering scene is the night club dance number intriguingly executed by Miss Crawford ; costumed in a clingfng silver creation. The story, despite layish touches, is . . ~ap intensely .dramatic one. It is a daring -theme from the society angle ancf a, still more daring one from the viewpoint of exposing crime and racketeering! There is a wealth of newspaper atmosphere, realistically supplied.

Miss Crawford olavs the nart of society girl, reduced to poverty, who