AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD'S PICTURES, j To-night at the Princess Theatre! Pollard’s will present, for the first time the Australian gir! linid .Bonnot.* who has heel) proclaimed by I". 11. luce, director of the Triangle Studios,' as his “greatest screen find for year. 4.” She will ho featured in the Triangle's great master-play of , dreams and realities, “The Princess of the Dark.” Enid Bennett has an appealing beauty j all her own. She acts with superb emotional power and is affeany one of the leading stars and is sure to he soon j one of the screen’s best beloved. Sbe lias tbc most wonderful eyes in film-j doni, and, strange to say, plays a blind girl, blit in the part the eyes j are never closed. The play is a beautiful combination of u blind girl’s ideal fairyland and world and the. awakening to a sordid and commonplace reality. The story is full of heart-rending pathos and emotion. The- blind girt believes in a dreamland peopled by fairies and ogres, and ruled over by a * splendid Prince Charming. The prince, | she finds, is a hunchback cripple who! loves her madly. Then comes the rich [ stranger, who promises her sight again. .Maddened by the fear that seeing him will make her hate him, the cripple seeks-a terrible revenge. Tinsetting of the play is extraordinary, and the camera art shotvn in tin- portraying of the crowds of fairies, gnomes and magic creatures which inhabit the cavern is alnjost miraculous. Tile ending of the play i s delightful, although there is an undercurrent of sadness. • “The Murderer at (Bay,” the loth chapter of “Gloria’s Romance” features Gloria (Billie Burke) tracking down and facing single-hand-ed the murderer of her lover.

ri-'f-Mti: r:ss rrcrrit-ES. “TRTEBY.” BY C’BAK.V KIMHAI.I. YOUNG. TO-MORIiOW NIGHT. By special arrangement we have secured direct from the distributors, and passed by the New Zealand censor, the greatest sensational success of the year, “Trilby, - ’ a; virile, gripping sixreel adaptation of George du Alaurior’s immortal novel, which features Clara Kimball Young, the screen’s divinity, supported by Wilton Lackaye, with :i specially strong cast. Tt has been said that her characterisation is “Trilby"’ to the life, and with the many ■artist tie touches and superb photography make “Trilby” one of the genuine successes of the year. It was this memorable work that brought Sir Herbert Tree to the fore. The extract from the reviews of the enthralling drama make de( iidedly interesting reading. The “New York; .M',orning 'Telegraph’’ is quite enthusiastic over the production and says: “The picture version of “Trilby,” George Du Manner's :imichlovod novel, is a triumph for both producer ami players. Clara Kimball Young does the host- work of her career.'" The newspaper “ American"’ oimmrJits: “The Isoreyn version of “Trilby"’ is in every sense an artistic masterpiece. "The “New York Herald” further proved the proficiency of Lite production when it said “Miss Young and an exceptionally strong conipnxy made Du Marier’s romance live again in all its pictuseseiio charm.” 'To sum up, when “Trilby” was given its first showing all the newspapers and critics acclaimed it as one of the greatest features screened, and to equal “Common Daw” or “The Price She Paid." An excellent programme will support the star. In accompaniment to the picture, Mjiss Clnum will sing “Ben Bolt,” while the full orchestra will play special music ■ arranged for this great programme. THU VIOLET DANDIES. To-morrow (Tuesday) night, the residents of Hokitika are to be given an opportunity "of witnessing one of llm most talented musical combinations that has ever visited the southern city. The personnel of the Violet Dandies is sufficient guarantee that patrons will receive more than their money's worth. None should miss this opportunity of spending an evening with the Arcadia of music, mirth and humor.