TOWN HALL TALKIES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3277, 5 March 1935, Page 5

TOWN HALL TALKIES

“PECK’S BAD BOY” . FEATURING JACKIE COOPER The feature at the Town Hall Talkies to-night ami to-morrow will i.o “Peck’s Bail Boy.” Jackie Cooper ami Jackie Sear! appear respectively as Bill Peck ami Horace Clay, offering performances which are splendidly matched and Balanced.. Then there is Thomas Meighan, whose return to the screen must Be a cause of rejoicing to all those who admire his stalwart, healthy humour and his matured and certain touch. Also, there is O. P. Hcggie as the town's haindy-man, philosopher, tramp and humorist—a “fat” role. The other two stars are inevitable in a boy’s story. They are dogs. Bill has one and Horace has the other and they get along just as badly as do their young masters. Each dog is the dumb symbol of his owner. Much humour is developed in this dual antagonism, for Bill has reason to detest his mealy-mouthed, hypocritical cousin just as “Elmer” has to hate “Wee Toy.” Horace’s pedigree Pekinese. The story is that of a misunderstood boy, who though full of uiischiei arid lively spirits, is at heart a line, m.nnlv youngster who wins everybody’s liking on sight. Played by Jackie Cooper, ho is an unfailing delight. An additional attraction will be Shirley Temple, the baby star, of “Baby Take a Bow,” in a short length cornedv “Pardon My Pups. iKeie will be a matinee at 2 p.m. to-morrow.