AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES?. TO-NIGHT AND TIH'HSDAY. Pollards are present im.;, : !i:</ I,ill of faro in tho Princess Theatre. A competent cast headed •>y Hoit \ lily tho aml Mahlon Hamilton capably ami fail lifully interprets the* plot ol "Tito Third imneratioil,” ami. as oil Usual point, there are no weak spots in elm i aeierisat ion. The same thin ma*. lie said of the story and preditctiua. Kncli has mov and onihrallino, each appeals in some novel manner. The old theory i at Iron; shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves is only a matter of three generations is Hie key note of tile plot, whieh is developed in a series of striking situations, varyinu from the intense and drnniatie to the lighter vein of comedy. Hetty illy the makes an ndoi'ithle Iteroine. and is seen in Mime wonderful creations ol I rockinu. while Malilon Hamilton is a like able manly (mm, not wishy-washy, hut distinctly human and as likely to err i most of us. The supports incline (I rapine. Kdueatinna!. comedy scenic.

Oil Thursday Win De-moml in "TO Mint- ui' I loll'’ \vi|i be l’nllai tl’s ridel ;iltraction. "Tile Mints ot Hell. \\illiiiin Desmoml's latest production. is a ill:ilim of tile Yukon. "Tile Mints id llcir is lint eulil, pure inn! unalloyed. The passion lor possession atltl the Itlt.O of untold riches drive men mad at the siulil ol' this Midas treasure, and the U’ey.en wastes ot this weird region aio strewn with the hones ol men who ha\< ■ ought vainly tor the previous ore; hav, fin to n snow and died. There Is tin' limited st-reiittlli and primilive "call o , he'wild” ol .lark lamd,in'- I'ascinat ine talVs in this ■ 'tipping photo-drama whieli teems with aetion. Hie doj:--Ird rare is thrilling;. and the splendid -now sreiies are realislie and aweinspiring. the snow storm heme, one u! the most graphic- evei thrown on Hu screen. The east is a notable one. eluding Vivian Kwh. who |da\- tn• heroine. Ft mil; l.nnniug, a- "Mamm the janite-ipie dwarf, Charles l-reneh. .lark I!iehardson and Kdwnrd .lob-on.