AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 December 1920, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT! Pollards’ Pictures will present tonight a six course banquet of entertainment from the Pathe studios, featuring Margarita Fisher in "Put up Your Hands” a picture brimful of sporting events ,including a boxing match. Margarita Fisher plays the part of Olive Barton, who is ah athletic girl, descended from an aristocratic Eastern family. She has an aunt who is continually shocked by the girl’s vafiodS inclinations, on© of which iB a love for boxing. Olive completely Upsets her aunt’s tequilibridht when She stages a boxing match one afternoon at a ten being given for the hew minister. LoVely Margarita will da tied into your heart in this big, colorful drama of life. She’s all girl, and all mischief. Oh Monday next Pollards star attraction will bo lovely Olive 't’hdhlas ih lief latest Triangle reease entitled “Pfudeflce bn Broadway.”

MoLEAM’S PICTURES. “FlftfeS OF FAITH.”—FRIDAY. Mr McLean presents a great prograiniiite tb-inorfbw. The story ih brief df “Fires of Faith is as fbllows: —Elizabeth Blake, a beautiful yomlg woman, lives With her foster parents, Mr and Mffe Joseph Led, On afa rill. The manager of the TraVCrse Estate, of which the Lbe’s farm foriris a part, notifies the Lees that they must vacate the farm, Elizabeth tells the Lees that she is going to the city to earn money for their support, ahd they give liter a letter to the Salvation Aniiy. Elizabeth is beloved by Luke Barlow, a farm worker but refuses to listen to his avowals. She obtains a position as companion to Agnes Traverse and when she enters the Traverse home she attracts the attention of Southard, who proves to bo manager of the Traverse Estate. Mrs Traverse countermands. Southard’s order to the Lees to evacuate the farm and Southard invites Elizabeth to go with him to break the good news. En route to the farm, So'uthard stops the car in which they are travellihg outside Randall’s Road House, a notorious inn, and induces Elizabeth to enter. Here he plies her with champagne and accomplishes her downfall. Elizabeth leaves and becomes a woman of the streets. One evening, Mrs Traverse prevails upon Harry Hammond, a wealthy young broker devoted to Agnes to accompany Agnes and herself to a Salvation Army meeting in the slums. Harry is bored !ahd leaves in the middle of the meeting, saying he will wait for them outside. Here, he is attracted by a. screncm and rushed to the aid of a woman being assaulted by two ruffians. This woman is Elizabeth but he fails to recognise her. The men turn upon Harry and beat him into insensibility after which they carry him away and place him aboard a freighter, which sails for France the next morning, The cast includes some of the world’s greatest motion picture artists, among them being Catherine Calvert, Eugene O’Brien, Ruby de Remer, Theodore Roberts and Robert Anderson.