AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES.

‘THE CHAMP.”

'"The ’Chafiip,” which 'brings Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper together as two Stars in & single picture, is an amazing romance. The picture, now playing at the Princess Theatre, is a poignant heart interest drama, showing the hero of "Tließig House” and the hero of "SkippyT .as father and son. \ >. .

Beery plays a broken down fight champion, pathetically striving for a comeback and his lost supremacy. Jackie is'his son who, notwithstanding >hat evetybne; says, • thinks he’s the [greatest man! in the, world. And for •the boy’s future, the "has-been” makes a sacrifice that transcends 'description.

‘ King Vidor directed' the picture 'from an original story by Frances Marion. Much of it was actually filmed below the border-rthis being the first time 'this ha s been possible. Beery and Jackie rise to mighty i dramatic heights in the gaol sequence and its heart-gripping sacrifice, and in the touching' death scene in the fight; arena. There is a sensational prize fight a thrilling !Caliente, horse race and a draiphtic'Episode "in' a gambling hall. Jackie and a "gang” of little Mexican boys 'provided laughs galore, as do Rosco Ates aud Edward Brophy as the fight trainer and manager. Other talented players in the cast include Irene J{i<j)h r; as the fighter’s, divorced wife, bale Hamilton, Jesse.,Scott and Marcia MafeJones'. GoOcUsuppdrts.