AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1920, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD 5 © PICTURE*. j “THE MAN FROM KANGAROO,” i THURSDAY, i \ TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! Ry arrangement with C. J. Carrol,! Pollards present at the Princess Theatre this evening, “The Man From Kangaroo,” a tense and thrilling drama of Australian life “out-back.” Taken amidst the most impressive and beautilul scenery of New South Wales, vt .is. like a breath from the Gum Trees, bringing to the city in all its beauty the romance and glamour of the silent depths of our great bushland. The familiar scenes of country life—the stockmen, shearers, sundowners, horses, sheep and cattle—you find them all in. this great film. The verdant beauty of the bush,' the dust-swept areas of' the scrub—you see them as they are. A strong vigorous romance races through# the story like a wind-driven busli fire. Action and incident stir tlie blood and grip the. attention—and—it is all Australianfrom start to finish.—A film you must, not miss. “Snowy” Baker,. Australia’s actor-athlete, as the Rev Meeks, the athlete parson, figures in a series of the. most daring and dramatic 'stunts ever' shown on a screen—boxing, diving, desperate jumps, the breaking of rough horses and rougher men, thrilling leaps! from above on to galloping bridleless thoroughbreds, “all-in” wrestling on' •horseback, -these are just a few of the: actual state of excitement and amaze-, “stunts” .that will keep you in a per-, ment. Supported by Miss -Browniei Vernon; story by Bess Meredyth; produced by Wilfred cLucas. Prices : {Dress Circle 2s Id, Stalls ds Id, children half-, price ; reserved seats at Mclntosh’s. : . I

.The second episode of the great Vitagraph serial “The Man of Might” will also be screened.

McLEAN’S PICTURES.

- “THE FALLEN ANGEL.” Mr McLean presents on Friday, “The; Fallen Angel. It.is an absorbing storyin itself, but it also presents a great,, big vital lesson to any young - girl who sees it. It reveals, with all the pitiless logic of life itself, the futility of taking short cuts to case and happiness. It, rips away the purple, alluring mist of tawdry romance with which some might surround certain phases of life, and lays bare an aching heart. Miss Carmen gives one of the finest performances of her career as a screen star. She does not lose an opportunity to -show how terrible the sacrifice of foolish Jill Cummings was, hut in doing so. she brings to her playing a delicacy and charm of treatment which makes “The Fallen An_ gel,” a iasting hit of screen acting. Tlie second star shows Jane and Katherine Lee in “Smiles.” You may not believe it—you may think it motion picture talk—hut Katherine Lee, sister of Jane, the two Fox Baby Grands is not a jiettered idol in her own home. Katherine’s daily duty, when she is,not acting before the camera, consists ol making her own bed, tidying up her own room, putting away her own clothes and sweeping the front porell,. And she has never to he urged. Indeed she won’t let her mother touch a tiling j„ her room; and her complaint is:. “Mother doesn’t put things where I can find them ,and I can get more in a drawer than mother can.”-