CAY NAUTICAL DRAMA

Evening Star, Issue 21934, 22 January 1935, Page 11

CAY NAUTICAL DRAMA

AT LAURIER. PORT CHALMERS With the setting of the British Navy. Jack Halbert, the popular and versatile Knglish comedian, gives a splendid performance in ‘Jack Ahoy,’ which opened at the Laurier, Port Chalmers, to-day. Jack Hulber.t joins the Navy as/an able seaman. .From when he first sets foot on board ship his career is one amusing scries of ridiculous ac.ventures. He is the descendant of a sea-faring family which has seen much better days. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the admiral, and he persists in paying his attentions to the girl, until both, she and her father arc convinced that he is quite insane. Undaunted, Jack waits patiently for liis opportunity to prove lie is a hero and a worthy son-in-law. The admiral and his daughter are captured by Chinese pirates. Setting out in a confiscated submarine. Jack and a friend attempt to rescue them. Both the British ships and aeroplanes mistake the vessel as one of the; enemy, and commence to shell the crali. With situations of a similar nature occurring throughout, the film is first-class enlcrf a in men t .