“ASK A POLICEMAN”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 289, 7 December 1939, Page 11

“ASK A POLICEMAN”

WILL HAY AT OPERA HOUSE. JANE WITHERS IN “BOY FRIEND.” Will Hay is as dumb and as delightful as ever in his latest comedy, “Ask a Policeman," which is the new feature for tomorrow at the Opera House. He plays the part of a village policeman in a village that has about eight people, including a police force of three headed by Sergeant Will Hay. The sergeant is boastful of the fact thSt there has not been a crime of any sort in the village for ten years five weeks four days, and incidentally remarks that he took over the job just ten years five weeks and four days ago. The chief constable ponders over this, and decides that in such a virtuous village no police force is necessary, so in order to keep its job the force feverishly rushes round looking for a spot of crime. That mischievous hoyden of Hollywood, ' Jane Withers, goes romantic in her newest picture, “Boy Friend,” 20th' Century-Fox comedy, which is the associate feature. As the “kid sister’’ of a young policeman whose exploits lead to the smashing of a dangerous gang, Jane not only discovers her first heart interest but plupges into a series, of dramatic situations that give her new opportunities to display her extraordinary acting ability.