AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES. TRIPLE STAR. PROGRAMME. TO-NIGHT. To-night one of the strongest and biggest programmes ever screened in Hokitika will be presented by Pollards at the Princess Theatre. Elaine Hammerstein in “The Country Cousin” six acts, produced by Selznick; Margarita Fisher in “Trixie from Broadway” five acts, and William Duncan and Edith Johnston in the latest and best of serials “The Silent Avenger” two parts. “The Country Cousin” is a story of simple people you love to meet. It lias high limits and shadows of contrasting types that display an almost eery knowledge of human nature. It has a romance that it as sweet as the days of childhood. a lt is rural simplicity versus city sophistication. Which will win? Margarita Fisher is hack again in another breezy picture “Trixie from Broadway”—only this time she appears as a chorus girl, a little ray of sunshine from her revue, “Oh Chicken” who is wooed and won by a resourceful Westerner. After the newness had worn off, Margarita didn’t take kindly to the exchange of the bright lights of Broadway for the hayseeds, and it aas up to her caveman husband to teach her a few lessons in wifely behaviour. Tlis efforts, Margarita’s waywardness, and the disgust of the village, make a snappy, fast-moving melodramatic co-medy-drama with a, sensational thril 1 that comes as a surprise climax.

PEOPLES PICTURES. TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMME. At the Opera House to-night. Peoples Pictures present William Fnrnum in bis greatest success, “Wolves of tb< Night,” a William Fox do luxe production. This is one of the finest pictures seen here in a long time. No more breathless and exciting moments have been experienced in motion picture plays than the imprisonment of the hero in a mine by explosion, his subsequent escape, and his terrific fight with three conspirators who have wrested bis fortune from him during his absence in a foreign country. Just after his marriage he leaves for Chili to investigate some copper mines. An attempt on his life is made and his wife is told he is dead. Tie returns home several years later to find his wife married to liman responsible for his mishap. “Wolves of the Night” is a real Farnum picture rich iu romance and stirring action. The programme also includes. — Jazz Bandits, a' screaming Sunshine Comedy; cartoon, Dn t > Round .lefl, Fox’s World News No 19; and Australian News, No 85.

McLEAN’S PICTURES, “UNDER NORTHERN LIGHTS” FRIDAY. Afr McLean presents on Friday night a grand programme. The main picture is "a Universal “Under Northern Lights,” with an all star east, which tells the story of Douglas McLeod, a young constable in the Tt.N.W.P. who Eoiiehande. Tt is with the return of Jacques Foueharde, Suzanne’s brother from Alaska that his troubles begin. Flushed with gold found in the Yukon Jacques gets into a card game with La "Raqiie, a professional gambler and unscrupulous character who cheats the young fellow. A fight ensues in which La Baqiie is killed. There is no work more thrilling, nor position requiring more daring than that of a private oi officer in the Royal North West Mounted Police. These Canadian guardians of the law’ are known the world over for their courage and resourcefulness, and the history of the organisation is one of endless hazard and romance. The supports include a capital Century comedy “Bearskin Beauties.” Magazine, and further chapters of the great serial “Elmo the Fearless.”