AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

“RULING PASSIONS.” TO-NIGHT.

To-night a most exceptional cast is to be seen in Select pictures’ special attraction “Ruling Passions.” The featured players in this engrossing story of social problems are Julia Dean and Edward Arden. Both of these artists have achieved fame on the speaking stage, while Earl Sohenck and Claire Whitney, two other important members of the cast have appeared in a number of successful screen productions. The theme of “Ruling Passions” proves to ho a test between the passions of Hate and Revenge and Love and Mercy, in their clash for the mastery of the human heart. The story is finely pictured and developed, and makes a very pleasing and wholesome entertainment. On Thursday “The Tower of Jewels” -tarring Corinne Griffith and Maurice Costello will be star attraction for that evening. “The Tower of Jewels” is a wonderful collar of diamonds which forms the object of daring attempts at burglary or. the part of a gang of highclass crooks. As the Princess, one of the leading lights of tbe gang. Corinne Griffiths has no easy role, hut she acts with intelligent earnestness and indicates an inborn refinement and lovable personality that makes belief in her reformation an easy matter. An old favourite on tbe screen. Maurice Costello. makes a welcome reappearance in this picture; the production hns been earefullv carried out, and is most convincingly successful.

PEOPLES PICTURES.

OPERA HOUSE-THURSDAY

The Peoples Pictures will present another tott attractive programme on Thursday evening when the star picture will present Wiliam Farnum in his latest big success “The Last of the Duanes”, a picturisation of the novel by Zane Orev. This William Fox production is the best Western picture ever scon here. In addition to having a strongly sympathetic love story running throughout the drama, Mr Farnmn’s impersonation of Buck Duane is peculiarly vivid. It is difficult to realise that any man could escape serious injury in the many things that the star has to do in this picture. Briefly, the story tells of Buck Duane, who to save his own life Ims to kill a man who threatened him—after which he flees from civilisation and gets in with outlaws. He rescues a girl' from a bandit chief and after she is recaptured from him she again escapes ana reaches his mother’s home. While he u> evading the officers of the law the girl bends every energy to free him from the stigma of murder and eventually Buck Duane the outlaw, becomes Buck Duane, the Texas Bangor, and cleans’up the worst of the border gangs, '(’lie supporting programme includes an amusing comedy and a. topical gazette. Popular price 1/- and Od will be charged.