STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 January 1940, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD.”

The Jones Family make merry in Movieland in their latest 20th Century-Fox film, “The Jones Family in Hollywood,” and what a time they have. In the hilarious picture which will be shown at the State Theatre tonight, Dad tries to get away alone to attend the American Legion convention in Los Angeles, and finds he has to take the whole family along. Jack gets tangled up with romance, Roger tries to lick the whole movie colony, Lucy takes a screen test —and poor Dad takes an aspirin. All the favourite folks are back in their original roles in this film, all except for Shirley Deane and Russell Gleason, the new mama and papa who had to stay home to mind the baby. In addition to Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Ken Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Roberts and Billy Mahan, the cast includes William Tracy, June Gale and Marvin Stephens. The screen play by Harold Tarshis opens in Maryville where Jones Family fans long have felt at home. As the entourage enters the film capital, a speedy, flashy roadster crashes'into the trailer, doing no great damage but precipitating the family into a series of events as realistic as they are hilarious. Of interest to picture patrons ana nog lovers alike, “Swift Vengeance” is the other feature. Tim Holt, Virginia Weidler and Janet Shaw head the human cast of the film, which deals with a young policeman’s attempts to introduce trained police dogs into his department over the opposition of a gruff old police commissioner. Ace, the Wonder Dog. is seen as the canine, star. Ace’s exploits in capturing a fleeing crook and in revealing the innocence of a suspect in a fur robbery fail to convince the department head that dogs are valuable in crime detection. When the young officer is lured away from his pest and a big payroll robbery is successfully staged as a consequence, he is suspended from the force. But the skill of Ace finally lead to the discovery of lhe crooks and the reinstatement of the young policeman. Holt does a fine job as the young policeman, and lhe others in the cast furnish splendid support, especially Miss Shaw as the heroine, little Virginia Weidler as the neighbour’s child and Robert F. Keane as the commissioner.