PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 18, 22 January 1935, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

y* 4 THAT’S A GOOD GIRL’’ Audiences are so accustomed to seeing Jack Buchanan in full evening regalia that to see him in anything else is- almost a shock. However, he gets out of full dress for quite a long lime in “That’s a Good Girl,” show ing finally to-night at the Plaza Theatre, and even descends to a beach robe and pyjamas. This is iu the scene on the Riviera, where a great part of the action takes place. The British and Dominions unit spent some time in the South of France filming these sequences, and Jack Buchanan, who directed the film, himself selected the locations to be used. A number of them were in privately-owned grounds, and these authentic settings add considerably to the pictorial value of “That’s a Good Girl.” Elsie Randolph, .Vera Pearce and Kate Cutler appear in support of Jack Buchanan. “Judge Priest” To-morrow Darkies, black mammies, veterans who still talk excitedly about the old wars and a whippoorwill or two all have a place in the latest V. ill Rogers picture, “Judge Priest,” which heads to-morrow's change of programme at the Plaza Theatre. Its simple homeliness and breadth of humanity strike a deep note, but that is not to say that it plays too strongly on sentiment. Tnere are scenes which stir the imagination and events which capture one's interest and hold it to the last. Will Rogers is a favourite with thousands and in this, his latest production, there is full rein for his whimsical homely style of humour and that philosophy all his own with which he invests all his pictures. The story of “Judge Priest” is of lazy easygoing days in old Kentucky in 1890, but not so lazy and easy-going that nothing ol consequence happens. Will Rogers has the part of Judge William Priest, who depends in the main upon common sense and his knowledge of human nature to get him through. When because of his having championed the prisoner on a previous occasion his capacity to act as the Judge is challenged by his rival for the office, Senator Maydew (excellently played Burton Churchill), he withdraws. Then, later, he joins his young nephew . as counsel for the defence, and by a masterly stroke, with the aid of the Rev. Ashby Brand (Henry B. Walthall), he skittles the Senator and the prisoner ‘is freed. A love interest is not lacking. There are well-varied supports, including a Zane Grey Western thriller, “The Dude Ranger,’’ starring George O ’Brien.