AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES. WIvDNKSD.U' AND TIU’HSIUY. On Wednesday Pollards arc shnwin;; Hotly Hlytlie and Mahlon Hamilton in “The Third (Generation,” anil on Thursday next William Desmond in ‘‘The Mints of Hell.” Mahlon Hamilton and Hetty Hlytlie are a strong combination in tiie Urentwood production, ‘'The Third (Generation,” dealing with *he well-known saying “from shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves in three generations.'* The lirsl- works and saves money, the second spends what the lirsl made, and the third establishes tin* chain oi labour by ha vine to work all over and there we are when we started. The scion of the aristocracy played hy Mahlon Hamilton lias to face the hard toil mainly through tlie foolishness a id love of luxury of his pretty wife, Hetty Hlytlie, hut nevertheless she proves herself a true woman when adversity walks into their home and her husband “disappears” that his insurance may provide for wito and child, ilc, however, makes another fortune hv hard work, and “comes hack” just in tine to see his wife married to another man, and his sacrifices <o> tor nought.

Imiiiii that mninciit tilings happen so rapidly that it is :»1 most hard to 1> up. A sumptuous production in \v!ii-:-li no on poll so hits hcoii spared and 0110 that, written itnd diroctod l»y lloniy KolUor, veteran aotor and director, is really wwrth while. The support ino pictures in Wednesday's display are a daumoiit draphic, Kducntional Weekly, X.Z.. “'Keep .Moving” eoinie, “Isle ot W ight,” sec*nie.