AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1921, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S riCTURES.

A HARM A ALL BRITISH ‘PRODUCTION,' TO-NIGHT.

James Knight has an appeal that is all his own, and is one of the finest types of English actors the screen possesses. In “The Power of Right” he itas it manly, attractive role to portray and carries off the honours with a plomb. Two periods Are represented in the story, the stone age, with its fashions in animal skins and habit of settling differences with the hefty club, and the present day, when the same tactics were employed to carry on the greatest world war. Tim value of arbitration as a method of settling disputes, is pointed out, but also the value of justifiable strength being displayed to combat brute force is shown vividly. The cast includes no less a personage than the Prince of Wales himself. On Thursday E. J. Carroll will present by arrangement with Pollard’s Pictures, the greatest Australian sporting drama “Silks and Saddles,” described as a stirring Australian photoplay by John Tv. Yells, in which love and sport and hush and city life are delightfully interwoven in a plot of remarkable merit from every standpoint. The development of the theme is stated to he uncommonly ingenious, the interpretation artistic, and the action involving many stirring scenes, including views of a big event at the Randwick racecourse, Sydney, in which the famous racehorses, Kennnquhair and Poitrel fight out a gruelling finish amidst the wildest exciement of a huge crowd of spectators. A charming young actress, Miss Brownie Vernon, plays the part of Roberta (the only daughter of Robert Morton, a wealthy squatter) who is wooed by Denis O’Hara, a big good-natured squatter neighbour, and also by Jeffrey Manners, Mr Morton’s new overseer. There are also Dick (Roberta’s brother) who wastes his time and money in Sydney gambling and dissipating, and‘Myra, an adventuress, who assists a swell sharper and his confederates in a plot to foully defeat Roberta’s racehorse in the big Sydney cup race. It is reported that there is not a dull moment in the play which lias proved a tremendous success in the Commonwealth cities. The box plan can he seen at Mclntosh’s, and the prices for this big feature are circle 2s Id, stalls Is 7d, children Is Id.

NEW SERIAL. Pollards announce that a new Million Dollar Super Serial “The Silent Avenger” starring William Duncan and Carol Holloway has been s'V led and the opening episode will be hown on Thursday. Patrons should nor miss the opening of this truly great picture. PEOPLES PICTURES. TWO STARS, THURSDAY. Peoples Pictures present a double star programme at the Opera House on Thursday evening. The first star shows Shirley Mason in “Love’s Harvest,” a dramatic comedy of the stage in New York and Baris, produced by William Fox. “Love’s Harvest” is from the novel “His Harvest,” by Pearl Doles Bell, who wrote “Her Elephant Man.” It opens with a very clever situation. A young girl is bequeathed by her father’s will to a man she never lias seen. What she does in this plight leads her into a dozen situations just as strange; it leads her, in-

cidentallv, to Paris and to success

the concert stage. The scenario is by Isabel Johnston, and among the play-* ers are Raymond McKee and Edwin Booth Tilton. The second star is “The Mother of His Children,” described ns a powerfully dramatic photodrama, starring Gladys Brockwell. This is a story of

high life in Paris, picturing the alluring scenes in which the artist’s life centres. The romance of a captivating princess and a famous statue, of love and revenge, is set forth with telling effect. Miss Brockwell, it is said, appears to the best advantage in the role of the princess, while Edward J. Le Saint, the director, lias made a picture filled with the charm of Oriental atmosphere. The star is supported by a company of well-known people, including William Scott, Frank Leigh, Nigel de Brullier, Golda Madden, and two famous child actors, Nancy Caswell and little .lean Eaton. The story was written by Barabara Lc Marr Deely.