“JACK AHOY!”
Hulbert Starred in British Comedy.
“ Dancing Lady ” will be screened finally to-morrow night at the Regent Theatre. The popular Jack Hulbert is starred in “ Jack Ahoy! ” the rollicking British comedy which will start at the Regent Theatre on Saturday. It is a real story of the sailors of the Navy; it is full of the sailor’s devil-may-care; and to crown all there runs through it + lie catchiest of tunes, which cie finds oneself humming hours afterw-ards. “Jack Ahoy!” is a riot from start to finish. It opens with a scene of the Battle of Trafalgar, showing Jack Hulbert in the role of Admiral Ponsonby, standing '» the poop of his ship, amid flying cannon balls and broken spars and rigging, whilst powder monkevs, officers and men, man the guns. The scene rapidly shifts from old-time warfare to the present day, with Hulbert in charge of a submarine which he hasn't the faintest conception of controlling, attempting to escape from pirates in Eastern waters. On board are his commander and the girl with whom Jack is in love. Jack Ilulbert is brilliant in his characterisation of the A.B. —whether singing, dancing, foiling the pirates, or making love to the admiral’s daughter, he radiates laughter. Box plans at the D.I.C.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 3
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