Amusements

Northern Advocate, 18 September 1939, Page 9

Amusements

Little Tough Guys Play Havoc in High Society

High society, as depicted on the screen, is usually noteworthy for humour, but when the denizens of a lower strata are introduced to the higher plane extraordinary scenes can be expected. This is the case m "Little Tough Guys in Society,’’ which opened a two nights’ season at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday evening. The spoilt scion of a wealthy family, too tired to rise from his bed, becomes the patient of Mischa Auer, a psychiatrist, who advocates the society of boys unused to the best things of life. A request is made to a boys’ home, and a gang of boys, escaping from the police, learn of the plan and succeed in taking the places of the chosen six. Their adventures in the luxurious home provide hilarious entertainment, culminating in a grand fight with gangsters. The “Dead End Kids’’ turn on another fine performance, their uncouth toughness contrasting with the selfish, spoiled, but more gentlemanly Jackie Searle. Mary Boland is excellent as the doting mother, scandalised at the treatment meted out to her son, and Edward Everett Horton appears as a correct and pompous butler.