“WHILE THE BILLY BOILS.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2390, 9 February 1922, Page 3

“WHILE THE BILLY BOILS.”

In “While the Billy Boils,’’ the latest Beaumont Smith production, jo be shown at the Royal Theatre to-night, tb.e real men and women of Lawson’s stories tell their joys and sorrows and work out their simple destinies in environment and conditions that are true to the most minute detail. The leaven of romance that runs through the lives of the hardy pioneers who have advanced their outposts to the borderlands of the Never Never, is delightfully portrayed in the character of young Jim Wall —a born dreamer and poet, and yet withall a manly, vigorous, typical Australian who exemplifies in his physical and mental make-up the qualities that go so far towards making those real men of the Bush—the type Australia is so justly proud of. This picture extraordinary will be shown tonight at 2s and Is, plus tax. All true lovers of “the sport of Kings” will appreciate to the full the great racing production, “A Dead Certainty,” by that master of sporting stories, Nat Gould, to be screened to-morrow (Friday) night. An all-English production by Broadwest, it features those popular stars, Cameron Carr, Gregory Scott and the charming Poppy Wvndham. “A Dead Certainty” as a melodrama of the greatest merit of characterisation and direction, not only equals “A Fortune at Stake,” but surpasses it. Amongst the thousands of delighted readers of Nat Gould’s stories, few will want to miss the opportunity of seeing this most wonderful of his works brought to life per medium of the film. Prices,'6d and Is Id, children halfprice. .On Saturday Clara Kimball Young will be seen in an unusual attraction, “Mid-Channel.”