AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1918, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PJCTURES.

“THEY’RE OFF.” FEATURING ENID BENNETT. At the Princess Theatre on Monday evening Pollards will present one of the best sporting pictures ever screened. In this picture Enid Bennett has the role of a young girl whose father has by unscrupulous manipulation gained possession of an old Southern mansion. Randolph Manners, the young owner, whose family have lived in the house for yeais, is ejected and takes temporary* residence in the training quarters ol the estate. There the girl meets him and Icarus ol her father’s methods. She is attracted by* the dignified attitude of the young Southerner, and determines to help him out. By disguising herself in jockey attire and ridingin the most spectacular race ever witnessed in the countryside, she achieves her purpose. The picture has many* humorous touches of Southern life, introducing a company* of pickaninies and tlieir mammies. The race-track episode has been so staged that it surpasses in thrilling suspense that ol any* similar action recently* screened. Jockey costume suits Enid Bennett even better than many* of the gorgeous gowns shegenerally* wears. The sth series of “ The Story* ot the War ” treats of “ Onward New Zealand,” “Heroic Resistance at Liege,” “The Slayers of Belgium,” and “German Kultur.”