AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES. “Wild Winship’s Widow,” the splendid Triangle-Thomas luce five-a’ct drama that will be the star feature in .Monday evening’s picture display by, Pollard’s in the Princess Theatre, shows the fascinating Dorothy Dalton as a beautiful young widow, who believes that her late husband was the paragon of all virtues, and has therefore enshrined him in her memory and turns a' deaf ear to all admirers. Chance reveals to her a scouted slipper and a bundle of letters that prove him to have been a libertine and profligate. The widow’s weeds are discarded and replaced by marvellously beautiful gowns, and joins in all the fun and flirtation of the district, and then ensues some magnificent staging and luxurious settings, scenes of the rich society of the Southern States, showing the hnnti ball, being one of tlie most elaborate scenes ever put upon a screen.There are some noticeable hunting scenes and driving spectacles, for Dorothy Dalton is a perfect horsewoman. In the scene at the lonely lodge, where the widow is stranded with a partial stranger, the storm scenes are the subjects of some very fine and original study effects. The whole play is a mas terpiece of daring, dash, spice, and beauty. As the widow, seeking to winfor herself the ! ‘real man,” Dorothy Dalton gives an interpretation that can he termed a scientific study of feminine fascination in its most magical form. A picture of interest to the sporting fraternity to he screened on Monday evening will, be ‘‘The Christchurch Grand National Sleeting.”