AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

POLLARD’S PICTURES. ‘•HIS IvIKTMHKiIIT” TIiI'HSDAV Xo pit-lures on Wednesday, owing to tho Diggers’ visit, bfit on Thursday Pollards will present to patrons Sessile Hayakawa and liis wile, Tsuru Aoki in the Haworth’s tense feature drama ‘•His birthright.” A Japanese atmosphere has been cleverly contrived as a background for the opening scenes of “His birthright..” the latest Haworth feature starling the Oriental actor. There is, perhaps, no actor, American or Oriental, who possesses the same remarkable capabilities of expressing emotion. The story is of a type one has come to expect ol lla.vakawa: one of Oriental revenge —ol a man who gave his life to tracking the American who left his Japanese wife to despair and suicide, leaving behind her a son, a lmlf-caste and therefore a pariah to both races. The capital serial “Smashing Barriers” will also be advanced a further stage. st. lkon’S onicrs. HOKITIKA. MONDAY NEXT. Say what you will, there is no entertainment in the world that appeals to young and old and middle-aged of either sex like a good circus. There is a perennial charm about the • magic circle of the sawdust ring that grips the imagination and thrills the heart ol every boy and girl ot ns. whether ot nine years old or ninety. St Leon’s Circus has been a household word in Australasia for upwards of live generations of amusement lovers, and its established good name stands to-day, as it. did in the long ago, for all that is (leanest and cleverest, brightest- and best in the circus world. With new and surprising acts, sensational acrobats ,riders, and trapeze experts, really funny clowns, educated blood horses and ponies, and a score ot other thrills and attractions. St Leon’s Circus, which arrives by special train from Reefton on Monday next is already assured of a hearty welcome, and ot the emphatic success which a good show always deserves.