AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1934, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES

, TO-NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

“PADDY, THE NEXT BEST THING”

Janet and Warner Baxter are to bo seen in tlieir newest film to-night when “Paddy, • The Next Best Thing,” the latest from the studios of Fox Film opens a<t the Princess -Theatre. The two stars wer© last seen together in “Daddy Long Legs” and their success was so great that .they were again assigned to complement each other. Her thirteenth characterisation -for Fox, “Paddy,” the madcap Irish lass, otters Janet Gaynor something absolutely new. Paddy’s greatest asset is at the same tim e her worst liability. For she possesses the uncanny faculty of enslaving the affection of those with whom she comes into contact. It is an asset because it smooths the rough spots of life—a liability because it makes her an utter stranger to discipline. Miss Gaynor has what is reported as her strongest role to date. For in addition to her well-known wistfulness she is her e required to display her newly-found spirit. She is a rogue—and she is irresistibly charming. As the man who brings her down to earth and convinces her of his love, Warner Baxter is said to be in his most popular element. He is suave, handsome and the gentlest of lovers. The cast that Fox Film has gathered around its two stars is one of the most notable ever seen on the screen. Also showing Fox news and serial.