AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1918, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES, Tc-night at the Princess Theatre* Pollards will present W. S. Hart as the leading- character of the Triangle’s great Western drama “Wolf Lowry.” not a bad man, a gun fighter, or a killer, but in strong contrast to bis previous work, be will lie seen as a big-hearted, wholesome and honest impersonator of a rugged, but good man. His famous six-shooters ai’e drawn only once, and then with chivalrous inteni. The drama, of course, contains the usual number of sensational athletic riding stunts by the great star, and the plot is quite out. of the ordinary. Margery Wilson, as the selector, whose impudence rouses all the cattle king’s wrath until he finds that she is a delicately pretty girl, has a role which suits her admirably. Scenes which show the actual condition on a large American cattle ranch abound, and in the great enclosure there are

thousands of cattle. The throwing out of the land agent who is makingcoarse and violent love to Margery is tremendously dramatic, and the final scene fu ll of pathos and tense emotion. The supporting cast is strong and even, and the photography even be,Her than the usual Triangle standard A strong, silent, grim man, quick on the trigger, terrible in bis 'wrath, ’and hitter in his enemies, is portrayed by W. S. Hart in “Wolf Lowry.”A Pathe Gazette, “Speed and Suspicion” (a Vita comedy), and “Arizona,” a beautitul scenic, complete the programme.

COMIC OPERA COMING. Flic production of “’Flic Gondoliers” at, the Princess Theatre next week will lie a amusement- event. It is over four years since playgoers have had an opportunity of witnessing comic opera locally. It was in 1914. at the time of the Westland Goldfield Jubilee that "Les Cloches de Corneville” was produced. 'Flint- very successful pro-* dilution, as the present, wa s under Mrs St.aveley’s personal direction. Theatre goers owe, therefore, a very great deal to the enthusiasm and initiative o this young lady referred to for her enterprise in producing such first class entertainments f°i’ their enjoyment.

‘■’File Gondoliers” ranks as one of , Gilbert and Sullivan’s best operas of ; long line of notable succosssos. It is in two acts, and a connected story is pleasantly told. 'Flic dialogue is full of crips and cranks and wanton wiles, with so much common sense behind the humor of it all, that the story becomes engrossing and illuminative. 'Flic music is delightfully bright. It is typical of the bright atmosphere ever pre vailing about Venice, where the action of'the play proceeds. “The Gondoliers” was produced here many years ago by Pollard’s Juvenile Opera Company, but a now generation lias grown up since those far off days. The Opera? however, is ourtor all time and its story is as fresh as when it was written, lor today it is not unlike events now transpiring on the other side of the world. ■lifcii'iiini'iF m i Hi mi l in— nmtnnni