AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 38, 18 February 1929, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. BEERY AM) HATTON AGAIN. IN A KENTUCKY FEUD. "A BIG KILLING" AND A BIG LAUGH. For many years there had been war to the death. Members of the Beagle family felt that the one purpose of their existence was to kill members of the Hicks' family, and the. latter were actuated by similar motives towards the former. Then the feud died down and the atmosphere of a certain part of Kentucky became almost peaceful, neither of the two families having any members killed for some time Whether this was from, motives of charity or merely an oversight is not explained in the film, "The Big Killing," which kept a huge audience in screams of laughter at the King's on Saturday, and doubtless will do the same to-night. Then the girl Beagle was found reposing "snoofishly" in the arms of the boy Hicks, and when Pa Beagle heard of this, what else could a thoroughly respectable Kentucky '-'feudist" do but; get! the family together and go out after blood. The Hicks of course did not wait to be killed, but went out also. However 1 , they ran out of gunpowder and had to send tQ a nearby town for more. Here were found two alleged shanpshootiers who, realising ithat there is a fool born every minute were staging a fake exhibition and profiting mightily. The Sheriff found them out and they had to get out at once. So what ■was more natural than that 1 they should accept an engagement to kill Beagles, especially as they thought "Beagles" were dogs. The two dud "sharpshooters" were Wallace Beery j and Raymond Hatton, and therefore every one will realise that their entry into »he feud was liable to cause complications. The manner in which they went abouiti the killing was so funny and so surprising that it would be unfair to describe their various encounters, but any one wanting a really good laugh; should not miss the picture, which is one of the funniest screened at the King's for a long time and which will be shown for the laslU time to-night. The supporting programme is good and well balanced.