NEW BRITISH COMEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 8

NEW BRITISH COMEDY.

"JACK'S THE BOY" FOR PLAZA. British comedians have undoubtedly earned a place in the list of the world's most popular film players and this fact is well instanced by Jack Hulbcrt's latest production, "Jack's the Boy," which opens at the Plaza to-morrow. It will settle the qualms of the most depressing "doubting Thomas." Walter Forde is said to have directed this picture with a speed and polish that will enhance his reputation. Jack Hulbert, he of the magical, twinkling feet and subtle humour, will dance right into the hearts of the audience.

The story is a jolly affair, written by Jack Hulbert and Douglas Furber, and concerns young Jack Brown, son of a police chief, who, against his father's wish and unknown to him, enters the force as a constable. On his "beat" he meets Ivy, a charming girl, and through her, Mrs. Bobday (Cicely Courtn-eidge), proprietress of the Cafe Loch Lomond, a dominant woman, with a decidedly "Scottish" accent.

Jack gets on the track of a "smash and grab" crook and chases him into Madame Tussauds. but his only capture is a wax figure! He enlists the aid of the worthy Sirs. Bobday and, discovering that the crook had left the stolen property in Madame Tussaud's and intends returning for it, they hide amongst the wax f.gures determined to capture the -whole gang. They enact various brave figures in historv before the crooks spot them and force them to pose as the suffocated princes, victims of the bad old days!