AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1920, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD'S PICTURES.

A GREAT ARTIST TO-NIGHT.

A great play and a great and famous artist will be presented to-night in “Infatuation,” a French production in every way, atniospliere, star, author, settings, all are gorgeously, magnificently, truly French. There is perhaps no woman in the world of to-day who excites more curiosity in minds both male and female than Gaby Deslys, the most famous of all French beauties who recently succumbed under an operation. It is the good fortune of the moving picture screen to satisfy that curiosity by presenting her in all lier georgeousness of beauty and setting in the sixact super-feature “Infatuation.” The picture is a wonder of production and is .a rival to such features as “Intolerance” and, “The Birth of a Nation,” in magnificence of presentation. It is the greatest and most artistic feature sent to the country for a long tinie; in Australia it created a furore, that was second only to its success in America. The glow of romance that surrounds the magic name of Gaby Deslys lends an interest to the picture additional to the natural charm and beauty of the star. Everyone wants to see for themselves the wiles, the luxurious gowns, the beauty of the girl who is reputed to have been the cause of a monarch’s downfall, and no one will be disappointed. To see her is to believe and understand the wonderful attraction that has made her climb up the ladder of fame phenomenal. The story is an interesting phase of stage life in the proper atmosphere, scenes from a musical comedy on a scale of lavishness were performed. You see Gaby Deslys in many phases of her own life, and associated with her in the east are many famous names which have also been associated with her success on the stage. Her dancing partner, Harry Piled*, is one of the principals, others being At. Sigsoret and Naxudian, both famous on the French stage to-day. Tlie current episodes of the two serials “The Lightning Raider,” and “The House of Hate” will be screened in conjunction with the star picture.