AMUSEMENTS.
EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. i COLLEGE DAYS COMEDY OF ; Joe E. Brown, one of the most popultt. comedians ofkthe,screen, comes to the' Princess Theatre to-night in his v Sa* latest First National Comedy, “Local Boy Makes Good.” Brown, who indulged in athletic pictures of mririy sorts, including footbill, baseball and boxing, ; is a track mjin in “Local Boy Makes Good,” and / wins: |aurels for his college—and his ■ Jf' lady—as, a sprinter, putting the usual numfler of .typical Brown effects into his athletic pfforts. “Local Boy Makes i Good,” Which is based on a play by V . J. ;(0. and Elljott Nugent was directed i by .Mervyn Le Roy. Among the sup- ; porting cast are many favorites including Doroflfiy Lee, Edward Woods, Riijth fiall;-Wade Boteler, Edward J. Nugent, William Burrfess and John Harrington. 1 1 ’ _ Mr Brown’s big local following will be agreeably surprised by the human quality of “Local Boy Makes Good”— which does not depend ‘on slapstick for its; appOal. Joe provides the langhs--but in a different' way. It’s his best pic|ure to date, he declares. A good supporting programme;, will also be 1 shown. : > - : ■ ' -- ''
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1932, Page 3
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185AMUSEMENTS. Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1932, Page 3
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