AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 76, 11 March 1933, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

ARCADIA TALKIES, HASTINGS “THE BIG TIMER” Commencing at the Arcadia to-day for three days, Columbia Pictures present “The Big Timer,” a romance of the prize ring. This comedy-drama, featuring Ben Lyon, who made such an outstanding hit in “Hell’s Angels,” tells the story of a small-town boy who wanted to be a prize fight champion, but nobody believed he had the makings except a girl, and she undertakes the unique job of being a boxer’s manager, Constance Cummings plays the part of Honey Baldwin, this determined young lady, who takes on the boxing manager ’s game. Cocky (Ben Lyon) marries Honey and they go to New York, where they seach the starvation stage before Honey gets a bout for Cooky thnt starts their fortunes on the upward climb. Cooky has always been a glutton for punishment. Then he meets Kay Mitchell, a gorgeous beauty from glamorour Park Avenue, and gets ideas that arc beyond his reach, but he insists on reaching! And ho gets ideas about guarding his face that wreck him as a fighter. How Cooky gets a licking and the lesson he deserves brings “The Big Timer” to an exciting, happy ending. Excellent supports include Gazettes, cartoons and a very amus’ng comedy. The box plan is at the theatre shop. Thone 4336. At to-day’s matinee the seventh episode of the thrilling western serial “The Last Frontier,” entitled “Doomed,” will be screened and shows further thrilling adventures of the cowboys of old. COSY TALKIES, HASTINGS “MB BILL, THE CONQUEROR” “Mr Bill, the Conqueror,” at the Cosy Theatre on Saturday, is a delightful and typically English picture, enjoyable all through with clever direction and excellent acting. Those who like British pictures will delight in this one as it simply breathes the countryside. Henry Kendall plays the hero most pleasingly and [leather \ngol is appealing as the daughter. The “Kino Weekly” said of this picture: “A delightful drama of the English countryside set in charming English scenery ard beautifully photographed in every season and mood. The story, handled with imagination «.M •tttljr-

standing is well characterised and is typically English in its sentiments and humorous relief. An unusual and attractive booking. English farm life is illustrated at its best. Lighting and photography are excellent. Clever camera work.” MUNICIPAL THEATRE, HASTINGS “FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILD” Joe E. Brown is a big laugh in himself. Everything he does is funny. But when he’s in a knock-out comedy there’s roaring laughter. Never were there funnier gags or situations than those packed into this picture. It’s a natural” —made to order for Brown’s good-natured whimsies. Joe E. Brown’s latest starring vehicle, “Fireman, Save My Child,” variously described by New York critics as a “laugh riot,” “frolic of fun,’’ etc., opens on Saturday at the Municipal Theatre. Brown appears as assistant fire chief and local baseball hero. In order to secure enough money to finance a fire extinguisher which he has invented. Brown, as “Smoky Joe” Grant, accepts an offer to pitch in the major league for the St. Louis Cardinals. His adventures in the city do not, however, prevent him from forgetting nil about the baseball game at a crucial moment when he hears the sirens of the fire trucks.