AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S riCTURES.

“THE DOCTOR AND THE WOMAN” TO-NIGHT.

Jewel Productions by quick action secii red the screen rights of Mrs Mary Rhinehart’s famous novel “K.” while it was being sought by almost every artist on the screen. With this valuable asset the company further insured its success by entrusting the production to Lois Weber, one of the most artistic directors in the world to-day. The six reel masterpiece “The Doctor and the Woman” is the result. Mildred Harris, the dainty little star, assumes the stellar part in “The Doctor and the Woman.” With her appears True Boardman, whose work in recent serials showing him as a gentleman highwayman, has made him one of the really popular film stars. As Sidney Page, the girl who figures so importantly in the redemption of the doctor who attempted to hide himself from all his friends as tlie result of disgrace, Mildred Harris has an exceptional '•p* portunitv to show her histrionic ability. Boardman appears ns “K. Le Moyne,” i.he doctor, and T.is versatility .n portraying this character is sure to w:n him additional friends, for True Boardman is easily the star of the picture. He lias the sympathy of the audience from the first to last and the manner in which h 0 has held from his audiences his true status, speaks in highest terms of his ability as an impersonator of character and an exponent of dramatic art. Why should a famous physician suddenly sacrifice friends, fame, and fortune,■’'disappear to hide his head in shame from his fellow practitioners? What reasons are powerful enough to cause him to thus give up the benefits that cam e as the result of a lifetime’s endeavour?

On Thursday Bollards are screening a delightful romantic comedy in the English production from Harma studios of “Big Money” in which the stellar roles are taken by James Knight and Rose Manners. The production is notable for the beauty of the scenes of English and Irish countryside, and for th 0 remarkable amount of pep that has been put into the unravelling of the plot. “Big money” is a story that will appeal to all people, blest or otherwise with interfering relations —the accepted right of relations all the world over. The plot deals with a wealthy uncle who desires to get married, but his sweetheart will not have him us long as lie is postered with relations, so he "elects to mysteriously disappear, leaving his nephew to take the blame for his supposed murder for the nice little nest egg of £20.000: this he has to earn by evading capture for three months and keeping off tho relations. He does so in a whirlwind of events that make rattling good entertainment, and will greatly add to James Knight’s popularity on the screen.