POLLARD’S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1921, Page 1

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT.

At the Princess Theatre to-night Pollards are presenting a grand double star programme headed by the Path© feature, “The J«'irst Law,” starring liene Castle and Antonio Moreno. What is the first law? Nature’s law of self-preservation. Why should we condemn J( woman who obeys nature’s first law? Charming, dainty, and dashing Irene (astle in a heart-throb drama that tells the tale of tyjw a beautiful girl, gently reared, became enmeshed through no fault of her own in th& toils of a gang of blackmailers. In her youth came her first romance—he was fascinating, debonair, experienced—she was flattered by his attentions and protestations of affection—they married—then to her horror she found that her husband was not the man she had loved. He had taken advantage of her simple trusting love to make her the tool of the vile and despicable tactics of the gang of crooks he controlled. Then she found love—and the welcome news ot her husband’s death cleared the way to romance and happiness—when out of tlu> veiled past rose again the awful menace of her youthful folly. One of the world’s greatest comedians, Larry Semon, will supply the comedy element in to-night’s hill of fare. Von can sit back and prepare for a Larry Semon scream-producer, “The Grocery Clerk,” with Larry Semon as the funniest knight, of the white apron you ever saw. You never knew there were so many laughs in a grocer’s shop till you see this comedy. And talk about thrills, well—bow’s this for one. Larry is at the top of an oil derrick when the foundation is blown away—but ho doesn’t fall—oh, no! lie just lassoes the top of another oil derrick and swings across—there’s lots like that

McLEAN’S PICTURES. “FAITH” TUESDAY.

Mr McLean presents to-morrow eveninn; “Faith” the latest of Bert L.vtell’s screen successes, wliicli was adapted from tiie heart-compelling story of the same name by Richard Washburn Child, is a play imbued with the good in human nature. Faith of woman dn man and faith of man in man is the theme. In (he story a young man. hopeless and down for lack of faith in himself becomes, to use his own words, “a thine: "ith tile soul of a typewriter and the homl of an adding machine." Utti •l> discouraged. he decides that he has made bis life the barren tiling it is. and so must abide by tlit* eonsepileiieos a'one. |n this darkest hour, comes Faith. in the form of the love of women oul of the gloom of self, into tlit* blinding light of love and success, they bring him with a cleared vision and renewed ambition, it is a picture which shows the strong human need for human faith and encouragement Hie beacon lights of the world. Also good, suppoits. including comedy and scenic. McLean's full orchestra will supply the accompaniments.