AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1939, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT—SATURDAY, MATINEE

and night,

“LITTLE TOUGH GUYS IN SOCIETY

Hilarious adventures of a gang ol East Side alley kids as invited guests a,t a. fashionable Long Island estate: will be revealed, when Universal’s gay farce; Little Tough Guys “In Society 1 ' starts its local run ,to-night at the Prjn- . cess Theatre wnn Misciia Auer,. Mary Poland, Edward Everett Horton and Helen Parrish. Not only does the rot licKing film present three of the screen’s foremost comedy stars in a smartly tailored story, but it introduces Universal’S famous group of kid actors The Little Tough buys, into the dazzling realm of jewels and ermine. Filmed from an original screen-play by Edward Eliscu and Mortimer Offner, the story tells what happens when a dizzy socialite mother Mary Poland “adopts” a lot of alley kids as companions to help her indolent son, Jackie Searl, discover the joyous possibilities of youth. Efforts ot the alley kids, led by Frankie Thomas, to get Searl to abandon his idea qf spending his life in bed sots the tempo for a riot of fast comedy sequences in

the film: >. , 'New Universal will also present the world’s -heavy., weight championship jjghlr between Joe Louis and Toiiy Galento. Eacji round is described at the ringside.

RECENT THEATRE.

| TO-NIGHT, FINALLY. “MR DOODLE KICKS OFF.” Riotous with comedy, gay romance and tuneful songs, “Mr Doodle Kicks Off” comes to the Regent Theatre tonight and bids fair to be Joe Fenner’s funniest starring vehicle. The comedian is cast as ». campus band-leader who struggles against a plot to make him a football hero. A wager between his wealthy father and a rival business man concerning the relative athletic abilities of their respective sons causes Penner’s father to offer the president of the boy’s alma- mater a big endowment should he succeed in making a pigskin celebrity of the young man, From this point on Rentier's life is not his own. A synthetic rqmanee between June Travis. co-ed daughter of the college head, and Penper is, the only thing that keeps him in the game, Gradually, however, the ingenuity-of the football coach and members of the.team are successful in building an aurora of mystery around the and although in reality he is a dud, his fame spreads. Several original tunes., by Hal Raynor as sung by Fenner, also contribute to the fun. Also in the cast is Richard Lane, Ben Alexander, Billy Gilbert, Alan Bruce, Jack Carson and many others.

SATURDAY—MATJNEE AND NIGHT

MONDAY.

“MEN WITH WINGS.”

I Produced and directed by William A. i Wellman, the man who made “Wings,” and boasting an all-star cast headed by Fred Mac Murray, Bay Milland and Louise Campbell, Paramount’s great J Teclmicolour cavalcade of aviation, I “Men With Wings,” will open to-mor-!»row at- the Regent Theatre. Against the j stirring back-ground of mail’s conquest of the air, . from the flight of the Wright Brothers, to the recent globegirc'ling trip of Howard Hughes, “Men With Wings” tc-lls the story of two 1 men and a woman who love each other 'very much and aviation more. Prominent in supporting roles are Andy Dej vine, Lynne Overman, Porter Hall, Wali ter - Abel and Kitty Kelly. This is the first airplane picture in teclmicolour.