EVERYBODY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 452, 6 September 1928, Page 14

EVERYBODY’S

“13 WASHINGTON SQUARE”

The most entertaining mystery comedy to be screened in Auckland will open to-night at Everybody’s Theatre. It is “13 Washington Square,” a Universal picture co-starring Jean Hersholt and Alice Joyce. It is from the famous play by Leroy Scott, and was prepared for the screen by Harry O. Hoyt, one of the greatest of Hollywood’s comedy scenarists. “13, Washington Square,” is a riotous comedy. But it also has a serious theme which is carried with the utmost finesse by Jean Hersholt and Alice Joyce, who give probably the greatest characterisations of their screen careers. The love interest is capably handled by George Lewis, of “The Collegians” fame, and Helen Foster, a new and very pretty newcomer. The second attraction will be “The Poor Nut,” a comedy starring Jack Mulhall. John Miller, a student at Harmon College, is called the “poor nut” by ull his college mates, principally because John suffers from an “inferiority complex,” which his trainer calls an inverted ego. Inwardly, John longs for athletic honour and for the honour of being a fraternity man, but on the outside he cannot show it. The inferiority complex is too great. He is the prize botany student of the college, but that is not the track team or a social fraternity.

“The Poor Nut” is a fine, clean comedy of college life, and stands out as one of the most farcical college romances of the season. There is a lot of good, clean fun, realistic college atmosphere, and track meets at which several famous track stars are seen in person.