ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4498, 30 August 1930, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT.

Each time Glenn Tryon, popular Universal star, plans a picture both he and his director “go into a huddle” for several weeks prior to shooting and figure out new anc unique contrivances to use as gags in the production. In a. tin “Kids Clever,” a Universal prinluetion to be shown at the Town Hali to-night, there are many sue! gadgets, the products of the fertih brains of the star and the director William Janies Craft. Among till strange devices in “The Kids lOlel ver,” is a fuelless motored eomibiiil alioii automobile and speedboat! which is supposed to be an invenß tiou of Tryon’s, who plays the roll of a young mechanical wizard.V T'lil weird piece of machinery is cap! able of performing the most ai founding- feats on land or sea. Witß utmost ease, the “autoboat” race* swiftly over the ground enters till water and just as swiftly pracebc® •to skim over the waves. WJie* Tryon and William Craft, bis dire J tor. hit upon the novel idea of afl jug such a craft in their picture tthoir plan met with no little ohjefl ■lion from the “front office,” whiH studio executives had no objeeticjß to using either an automobile or speedboat, they did not. see how 9 combination of the two would fl practical. But, as usual, Glenn ail his director won out and the craH

was built. To the great surprise 1 all concerned, it worked. An a| miralble cast supports Tryon 1 “The Kids Clever.” It includl Kathryn Crawford, Russell Sinil soil, Lloyd Whitlock, George Chanl ler, Joan Standing and othejj With “Shooting the Bull” H'CJ medy), World’s and British Ne»vsJ When First National’s “Love afl the Devil,” comes to the Town 111 on Wednesday, local theatre go« "dll see a new romantic team on il screen. Milton Sills, popular screl player, is starred in this story | modern Venice, and Afaria Cor® beautiful European actress, nlaß opposite the star. Alexander l/ofl directed this dramatic story cTel ing with the love of an English fl plorer for an Italian prima" dtnfl