AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD'S PICTURES.

Til GEE BURKE

On Holiday evening next at Hie Princess Theatre the big sum Act Triangle play—‘•Peggy” will be the star feature with the adorable Hiss Billie Burke in tin* leading role ol Peggy Cameron a. Scot ch-A meric:-, n girl from New York, who thinks "Woodkirk’j sounds like “a shower hath with* long whiskers.' 1 unite Burke's winsome beauty is known in every large capital of the Old Country and her fame as an actress made her the talk of the whole Continent. Her entry into the moving picture world made the recognised queens of the film look to their laurels., for, this star of stars has every requisite to make her stand alone in the picture world. Lovely Billie 'Burke, with her run sunny , copper-colored hair; her deep, pansy-purple eyes, alight with h!o and happiness ; her checks, in which the color of a tea rose hides, and her mouth, like a Harm, scarlet rose, ns a personality that, attracts. whether it is Peggy in smart riding breeches; Peggy, cute in overalls; Peggy, charming in evening dress, or Peggv shy in silk pyjamas (“Thankit the laird therewere rio limir tae see her”). A beautiful story that is a living thing is the ad\vr;t of vivacious Peggy Cameron, a Scotch-Americah girl from New York. who. at the command of her uncle, Andrew Cameron, stern and proud, returns to the Scottish Highlands., A splendid pictmisation of O.K Parker’s trip in a Dodge motor-ear through Death Valley is tlit* supporting picture. This great feat of driving through arid desert land, over ranges 11,000 feet high, the lowest summit 5,250 feet above sea level should he seen by all motorists.