AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

“FLYING HIGHT.”

; 'HigH,” at the Princess Thbk, atre to-night, was frankly made "for l j; laughiiig fiuVpdSds only.” Its plot was ..built definitely to arouse grins and guf- “ 1 Afad it' was made by the most successful comedy director of the year, Charles Riesher, responsible for such giggle successes as “Reducing,” “JaVglit Shbrt” and “Politics.” Of the* pnhcipals, Bert Lahr has long befen conceded tfie most imitated cbhiedifin on the American stage arid CliarL / lofte Greenwood—well, no one heeds ■r to explain her 1 Other well-known players- whb' take part in the gay'-ihe.'ange of ...humour and’ song include Par ' O’Brieri, Kathry# - e Charles Winninger, Hedda Hopper, Guy Kibbfee 'and Herbert Braggioti. There is a satirical love ballaijihg'**‘Flying High,” called ‘‘The First-riinb for Me,” which is noteworthy because its filming entailed thd‘ Cdst Of eleven oak chajrs. Thfe number, by De Sylva, Brown and Hendetsbn, ' comprises, a love episode bettveeh Sert ; liahr and Charlotte Greenwood, a scene so hectic in acrobatics 1 that' chairs are smashed right “ arid 16 r t- lige so hnlhy kindling wool. 11 were broken before the sfcene was completed. . A/good. supporting pro-