PICTURES.

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 13, 23 August 1928, Page 5

PICTURES.

SATURDAY. "THE FOURFLUSHER"

George Lewis and Marian Nixon have the leading roles in "The Fourflusher," Universal's comedy of youth, which will open at the King George Theatre on Saturday. Lewis is also the star of, a personally edited film called "Eceletic." Most of the picture was made by Universal but parts of it were filmed at other studios at their own expense. The film cost

' t Lewis nothing. + r This production is made up of cutouts from the many pictures in which. Lewis has starred, featured played a bit, or did ext^ra work;. It comprises an interesting history of his spectacular screen career. It is very cleverly titled by Churchill Ross who appears in many of the scenes which were taken from the cutting of the "The Collegians '' and '' The Fourflusher.'' This feature length picture gives him additional opportunity to indulge his natural flair for comedy; '' The Fourflusher '' is not a college picture, being concerned with the troubles of a ■small-town shoe cleric. Vibrant youth plays the prominent role in '' The Fourflusher.'' Marion Nixon plays opposite George Lewis and others in the east are Eddie Phillips, Churchill Ross, Hayden Stevenson, Jimmy Aye, Burr Melntosh, and Patricia Caron.. | "Brass Knackles'? is a melodrama with a punch. It portrays the life of a husky of the tenements who has been wrongfully imprisoned and a waif whom he fathers. The story was done by Harvey Gates and the east includes besides Monte Blue and Betty Bronson, who are starred, William Russell, George Stone, Paul Panzer and •Jack Curtis. MONDAY AND TUESDAY "MAN, WOMAN AND SON" How far can' a man afford to disregard a .woman's past? This, is the dramatic keynote of "Man, Woman and Son,'* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's newest starring vehicle for- .John Gilbert, which opens at the King George Theatre on Monday and Tuesday. ' This picture is a sensational exposure of what goes on behind the scenes of a great newspaper. Jeanne Eagles, a celebrated stage star, appears opposite Gilbert as the Society Editoress of the paper on which Gilbert himself plays the role of a cub reporter. He is unsophisticated, dazzled, with life madly infatuated with her; she is worldly wise flattered by his ardent '■•"», but unwilling to exchanp^ life for one less assured. Then drama stalks in. Wednesday, Tinjrsday and Friday. "TWO FLAMING YOUTHS" A new angle has been placed on flaming youth. When the two words "flaming" and "youth" are placed side by side the impression usually gained b/ the motion picture fan is of rolled-stockinged flappers and balloontrousered youth'with wine-kissed lips, dancing until morning. But the 'flame' has now jumped from the big city and the college campus to a one-horse town in* the middle-west. And the age has

extended from the 'teens to the late 'forties. Paramount does the trick in its latest laughing picture '' Two Flaming Youths" which will b"e shown at the King George Theatre on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The two youths, arc those two moustached comedians, W. C. Fields and Chester Conklin, <*who have at last been brought together after numerous individual screen and stage-hits to work as a team at laugh production.

It is a sort of second childhood flaming youth, exhibition in which Fields as a veteran showman and owner of a struggling side-show and Chester Conklin as a grizzled county sheriff vie with each other for the affections of another i "naming youth"—the town widow Cissy FitzGerald! And how these two do flame! Conklin does his with'a musical saw and Fields with an array of juggling tricks. "SPRING FEVER" William Haines newest starring picture "Spring Fev_er" is perfect entertainment in every respect —an accomplished star, a strong cast, a skilful director and a great east. In this picture Haines had to learn the game of golf in all its ramifications to play the role of Jack Kelly, a shipping clerk, who is intruduced by his boss to a fashion- , able country club, where Kelly cleans up the local champion and wins the prettiest girl of a goTgeous group as well. Joan Crawford chamis everyone in the role of Allie Monte. Her r»hic pport frocks and her spirited acting are featxires of the picture.