AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

PRITCHARD’S PICTURES

One of those unique displays which please patrons of Pritchard s Pictures so greatly will he presented at the Opera House this (Tuesday) evening, when Aland Feuly and Irvine Cummings will apear in that great emotional drama, “Pamela’s Past,” adapted from ihe novel “Pamela Congrove, which comes from the pen of Francis Amyar Matthews. The story tells of Pamela’s heart being won by Lord Charteris, the head of a gang of smugglers, who. as a return for the consent of Pamela’s father, promises him admission to the ranks of the smuggling gang. Ho consents and is afterwards betrayed by Charteris, and is put to death in accordance with the penally of those times. Pamela swears to avenge her father's murder, and stabs 1 Clmrten's, who is wily enough to pretend death. Pamela joins a dramatic company and rises to an eminent position in her profession. The Duke of Harlow proposes marriage to Pamela, but she declines, thinking that her past renders her unworthy of the love of an honourable man. The Duke takes Pamela to a grand ball aft Trevor House where the load of guilt is lifted from her heart when she discovers licr lawful husband, who is as unscrupulous as ever, and determined to steal the Trevor jewels. Pamela is Suspicious and keeps watch. She discovers her husband in the act of stealing the jewels, and he .adroitly removes suspicion on to Pamela, and only Harlow takes her part. Chartcris’s plot fails, and lie then kidnaps Pamela, hut if, pursued, and shot by Harlow. Pamela is rescued, and consents to marry lier reseller, who is the only man she ever loved. A big budget of supports will also be shown, including Paramount Gazette. Paramount Travelogue, AYar Topical, and Christy Comedy: while the full Orchestra will, also he in attendance to add to the. pleasure of the evening’s entertainment.

POLL AMD’S PICTURES. A big Triangle novelty “The Teed Bui let” an ingenious and exciting mystery play that features AYilliam Desmond in the leading character will bo tlu* attractive star for Pollard’s next picture display at tbe Princess Theatre on Thursday evening next. The clever opening of the story shows the inside working of a great picture studio. “The Iced Bullet” is ;i detective drama with the most baffling contrivance ever used for criminal purposes unmasked in the' story. Both interior and exterior views of the enormous T. H. luce film plant are shown in “Tile Icerl Bullet” Fighting for his life on a rocky ledge that projected over a chasm with a sheer drop of lOOOfcet staring him in the face was the startling experience undergone by Robert AlcKim,- who plays tlio villain in “The Iced Bullet.” “The Floating Trap” the 14th chapter of “Gloria’s Romance, features ‘Gloria’ (Rillie Burke) being, trapped by the desperate murderer of Fernau, and in deadly of her life when field captive by the murderer of her lover, will also he shown on Thursday at. the Princess Theatre.