AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. • TO-NIG HT ANDTH U RSDAY. “LQRD BABS” AND “WHITEFACE” r'i, | 5 »)•' ‘t • i / V !’ ‘‘Lord!.Babs/’t -the: p'rodrictidii- or which directly followed that of. ‘ ‘Sunshine Susie” on 'the -Gainsborough set; is a screen version of the successful 'farce of the same name 5 ' written by Keble Howard, and originally staged: for a long run at- the .Vaudeville Theatre, LonjlQn. The dialogue has been, re-: vised for screen ,'purnoses. and new; lyrics have been written by Clifford. Grey. “Lord Babs” is a farce of the. broadest type and Bobby Howes, the. famous London comedian, .. i s * responsible for most: of the fun. . j Every advantage has been taken dt the twists and turns of the mystery'in Edgars- Wallace’s “Whiteface,” made by . Gainsborough;. ,British Eion. at. the ” Beacqusfiel.d arid.., due at . the Princess Theatre to-riiglrti and , Thursday, . ’/’:' :.

A hold-up crook, who wears ’a white mask when raiding restaurants .and relievin'! women of their jewels, works so rap’dly and., mysteriously that Scotland Yard is puzzled. An inexplicable murder is committed at Tidal Basin, and during their investigations one of the police,is"assaulted by which seems to definitely connect him with the! murder, This pk-ture. of'thrills bolds the viewer nonplussed until the very eno