AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

I TO-NIGHT AND "SATURDAY. yr'. "i J.- j r.t \ . I £, . .‘•‘TKE mouthpiece.”

u< U*7 Ci %v/;vV«vif .Frank J; i Cnlhns, writer of the play ifrpm vytnchj ‘‘Th* Mouthpiece,” a- Waft J\y? Bros, jxicture npw at the., Princess iTbgatije, .was. adapted, based; his story - pii j-ftgtual ) incidents occurring in - th? lfp Vi O{j anotoripus, New York lawyer, 3^o,w.- ,d?ad'. .V":;-;'- ? "f 'late j?l£ga;l practitioner inquired.' tome because of his dramatic defences ,;ofjidoubtful! ehargcterf pnd his impasffiqp,ed eloquence whiqh so frequentjy in • luenced juries to .find verdicts, as he fished, them to. fie was famed for his ’hrijiignit mind. yvhich!.enabled Wpi to. find loopholes, in the thus his c’ienjs to '/VHe ;de<i ; dissolute .lifej wasting ■ it. gjway. on be cl associations and the comhination of irine His. health fciedime broken as a result of . the pro : ligate’life! be led. With failing health ijkjlbst his If airweather friends",, motley and ; hi interest in defeating f stitie. He n‘ man, after I iag himsedf - fesr - illegal hraetice. \ j '. '/•’7 ';’' . •, «Such; under sjimilgr ! to he called acting Mr Hhe • voices o? fbe exploits take them across ' the border, of legality. 1

rlpprtiays; ' <“Th& M^Htfipiece,’'- following the incidents? sets forth by iCollins,' the playwright, with fidelity wbiph . has ;,el jgjted; the'-pfailf vof/. >ibetropblitaii .and* .local cdjnJJtbhiafoirsi •,• :•/;/ 1 'Hie ;«5Mt ",'hspit 1 'qd<:s Sidney Foy, Alim;:. MaoAf^dhj-fep^Kibbee^NoeJFrancis, 3Y^iain, ; , .Jantiey, .and Mac’ Mftdisqhi;;.,Janies:! Flood and .EHjptt ,