AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

PRINCESS THEATRE. TO-NIGHT —“ TOE WHIP.” To-night, the much spoken of and advertised as tHe huge melodramatic picturisation of “The Whip” will lie screened at the Princess Theatre under the direction of the well known firm of John Fuller and Sons. The picture outdoes the stage version in every way. The play is chock-full of sensational incidents and is the greatest of melodramas, whose vastness has been increased by the resources of the motion picture art. 'The train wreck is the wreck of a real train costing a huge sum. A whole express train crashes full into the standing freight car, which is hurled clear of the track ; the boiler of the eugine explodes and the .huge line of carriages topple over, blazing fiercely. The hunting and racing scenes are real and on a big scale. Alma Hanlon as Dana Beverley, rides “ The Whip ”to victory. All the main branches of sport are crowded into one tremendous drama. “ The Whip” ran for years in London as a stage melodrama and so great was its success as a play of fiction and sport, that it was translated into all the modern languages and played in all the Continental theatres. It has now been picturised in such a marvellous fashion that it can be salely termed the world’s biggest and most successful picture of melodrama. The prices of admission will be dress circle 1/6, stalls 1/, plus Id amusement tax. Seats may be reserved at Airs Browne’s.

PEERLESS PICTURES.

T V BSD AY! ‘ ‘ I’llE CR A YING. ” The big attraction at tlu» Opera House to-mormw evening by the Peerless 'Pictures will be wie sensational .Mutual Masterpiece de luxe “The Graving” in five acts which features those world renowned stars William Russell, Dainty Charlotte Burton and Helen Rossoin while' the acting of Robert Miller as ('rooky the cripple i s wonderful. “The Craving” is a strange and powerful story of a 'man’s great battle againsti an evil inheritance- Cursed by an inherited taint lie .'becomes one of life’s derelicts, joining his fate to that of a brazen dance Hall wench while hi.s redemption is the work of one who loves hint.

The hero i s a yon tig athlete who is trapped by a scheming rival into giving way to liis inherited craving for alcohol. He sinks lower and lower until he becomes tied to a brazen dance-hall wench who is attracted by his sheer brute strength. Finding .her false after g great fight with her lover, he Hies to the -mountains. There pie fights the great fight and eventually comes hack to Life and Love with his enemy beaten in the web of the story is woven the -theme of a great friendship CSrooky, the cripple being the real helper and supporter of the hero through the valley of .despair. It is a powerful play perfectly pictureisod and the subject is something new to the screen aiiYl with 'such an eminent cast may he relied on to he one of the greatest screen sermons yet produced . The supporting programme is of the usual high standard while the music will he in the capable hands of .Mr. C. {Jib bons.