AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1918, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

, | - -- - ■■■■ ■«— r POLLARD’S PICTURES. “THE NEGLECTED WIFE.” TO-NIGHT. To-night at the Princess Theatre Pollards will present the Greater Vitagraph’s unusual story as told in “ The Princess of Park Row.” It is a tale of foreign intrigue which is carried on in the heart of New' York and discovered by a young American newspaper man. Many exciting events happen before the climax of the drama arrives. Mildred Manning, as the Princess, is adorable and full of grace and fun, However many will give the honors to Wallace McDonald for his impersonation of the American newspaper man. The settings are good the hotel scenes being lavish in the extreme. The mysterious panels and secret contrivances of the conspirators’ sate den are most weird. A startling iucident in the production is the spectacle of a police battle. Coney Island is full of fantastic forms of amusement and these are shown in a very comprehensive manner during the action of the play. “On the Precipice,” episode No. 6 of the Pathe serial, “The Neglected Wife,” continues this great serial. McLEAN’S PICTURES. GREAT PROGRAMME FRIDAY. “The Pride of New York,” a William Fox super feature, starring the athletic actor-thunderbolt, George Walsli, will be tlio big attraction at McLean’s Pictures at the Opera House on Friday night. This picture drew crowded houses at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. It is not strange that motion picture followers have liked and applauded this photoplay. It is one that has a strong appeal to both rieli and poor. It should make the-fathers and mothers of poor industrious boys happy and should make the parents of rich, idle young thoughtful of hov r they have eared l'or and guided their offspring. While George in the play is achieving success as an iron worker, the rich man’s soil is just spending Dad’s money in the night life of New York. This idler loves a beautiful girl whose father is also wealthy. Conventions cause her to think that all rich men must sow wild oats, but when the call comes for the army, she sees George, smiling and industrious, and the spendthrift both in similar uniforms. Her judgment is that George is the better, man. Throughout the play George does some of the stunts for which he is famous in the film world. The supports include the greatest tworeel comedy ever made. “Roaring Lions and Wedding Bells.” It is the first of the Fox Sunshine Comedies, and should not be missed. Further chapters of the favourite serial “The Great Secret” will also be screened, making one of the finest programmes yetshown.