AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1918, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

PEERLESS PICTURES. PRINCESS THEATRE, “THE' HITT EE TERROR.” A wonderful Blue Bird production, entitled “The Hit tie Terror” featuring Violet Merserenu, the little stay, that steals your heart, will he the big attraction at the Peerless Pictures to-night (Wednesday). Miss Morsereau has been on ( lie stage since she was nine years of age. She made her stage debut as a. child danceiMind later entered into the film world, in which shq now holds such a, high place, a. prominent star amongst the "first robe artists of the Blue Bird C imp any. , The story is as follows— The father and mol her of the heroine of “The Little 'Terror” were circus performers, and the live parts of- this Blue Bird photoplay are taken up principally by the pranks of their offspring after she has quit the sawdust ;i ng and gone to live with her wealthy l> rand father, carrying Rudolfrh her pet pig, as her companion. Admirers of Violet -Merserenu tire given the opportunity to see her slide downstairs on trays, vault over, the hack of a couch and use Rudolph to frighten her little hoy cousin and a determined female who has decided to accept the position as the bareback rider and refuses to leave the bouse. There is a lover who belongs to the circus but who becomes a. cartoonist at a thousand dollars a week and marries “The Little Terror” at the finish. It, is a refined, wholesome, amnsirg and entertaining picture and we advise our patrons not to miss it. Other pictures of interest will' include the latest -Gazette, comic and travelogues, while the Peerless complete orchestra will be in attendance to add to the cbarm of the evening’s entertainment.

POLLARD’S PICTURES, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS—THURSDAY. Douglas Fairbanks as the son of a • man who spent all his life amassing a fortune is in a congenial role as Sammy Wiggins in the Fine Art Triangle comedy, “ The Habit of Happiness,” the star feature in Pollard’s Picture display at the Opera House to-morrow (Thursday) evening The play is one’of the best of that kind of clear cut comedy, Douglas Fairbanks. .The weirdest, collection of whiskers, dirt and wrinkles is got together where Sammy Wiggins elects to make life merrier for a crowd of old Bowry' derelicts. ,At Doug’s antics the worn, hapless laces slowly break into grins, 'but the laughter ends in a most willing go when Doug handles the rush of a gang of toughs at th% stairhead. One of the gang grabs Dong hut lie slips our, of his coat, shoulders a. rough and is up the stairs with another on his ■ shoulder and then the fun commences. Dorothy West, a charming Triangle girl is the heroine,and is one of the best of the long line of Fail-bank's leading ladies. The pluy goes with a rush. This clever comedy is preceded by the Pathe Gazette and the second chapter of the great serial “ The Iron Claw.” entitled “ The House of Happiness.”