AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1933, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHTA ND THURSDAY

“CAUGHT PLASTERED.”

A talkie that doesn’t talk any more than it should is Radio^Pictures’ latest comedy success, “Caught Plastered,” at the princess Theatre, starring Bert A heeler and Robert Woolsey, supported by the popular partner of all their triumphs, diminutive Dorothy Lee. Credit goes to Douglas Mac Lean who wrote the original story, conceived the action and supervised the production. After Mac Lean’s retirement from the screen several years, he was iosr to view for a while, until “Cracked Sluts,” a Radio Pictures’ vehicle for Wheeler and Woolsey, blazoned its title sheet across the skv, with Mac Lean as co-author and supervisor. Judging from the success of “Caught Plastered,” he 'ms hit the spot. Tt stamps him ns a 'inn believer in the efficacy of pantomimic art and the deletion of unnecessary chatter. The dialogue in MacLean’s production, written by Ralph Spence, .is fifinphatically ‘not of the ■Mm variety. The laughs, rather, come from the high humour of ludicrous, tlr’illing or dramatic situations. In other words, “Caught Plastered,” is the product of study and .labour, the ■tarefill, analysis of a real story for comedy values. Also showing are News, Scenic, Mystery Drama and Comedy.