AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POULARD’S PICTURES. On Monday next Pollards will screen the popular screen artist Anita Stewart in “The Fighting Shepherdess” a first national attraction. It’s a thrilling romance of the rugged AYest, where civilisation touches the bonder of tile primitive, with its terrific battles against Nature, and its fiercer Feudal bates and relentless warfare between the cattlemen and the. sheepmen. The greatest woman’s book in years. It has thrilled countless thousands with its story of the tireless, remorseless, implacable struggle of Kate Prentice, beautiful daughter of Jezebel, whose mothering is confined to running the bar in hep disreputable road-house. Kate, was a. sheep woman, putting up a plucky fight against Ixirder thieves, cut-throats, sheep-poisoners, and the desperate, hard-riding, merciless cattle men, who recognise no sex in their efforts to 'drive her and tier flocks from what they considered their domain. They sought her life—her good name—they barred her way to love—but alone she fights and wins her battle with man’s weapons, hut not in man’s way.

Tn addition another all star production will be shown, screening Olive Thomas in “Footlights and Shadows” making a grand double star programme.

McLEAN’S PICTURES.

ETHEL CLAYTON TO-NIGHT.

At the Princess Theatre to-night Mr McLean presents another capital programme headed by Ethel Clayton in the Paramount Artcraft star picture ‘‘The 1 3th. Commandment.'' Thou shalt not attendant upon breaking the unlucky ihirteejnth commandment. She recognised in it the besetting sin of the nation—the thing that ruins so many marriages. And she fought am. overcame it. See it flaming on the screen in Rupert Hughes’ vivid, vital story of hive and married life. It is a picture lull of thrills and exciting incidents, further chapters of the stirring serial “Elmo the Fearless,” will also he shown vhile the full orchestra will supply a ■hoice musical programme.

Coming Tuesday—“ Red Lantern.”