AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

“ ROBBERY IWDKR ARMS” TO-XIOHT. To-night Bollards are screening by area ngoment wit li International Attractions Rolf lioldrcwood’s famous Australian drama “Robbery Fuller Arms.” Ili'nds we go strsiiiilit nivd tails wo rido witli “Staidiglit,” it. was tlio toss of tlio i-oin and' tilt* Into >of two boys huiio on it, and tails turnoil up. Captain Starlight, outcast and gentleman, immortal hero of Australian liusli loro, now li.vos npain in a startling and vivid picture oT Australia's host, loved romance. Tin- l.aw wants you ! Aon or. inv prisoners! The Marstmis leapt in their foot on tlio sudden entry of lb,. Inspector but lie had the d'-op on them, and they ipiii-hly saw that any show ol resistance would be futdo. And so tlio*' wont to tal; ( . their medioino like men--witli never a whine or vain regret—with sot iaws. ready to moot w bat might bo comino to them—tlio way of moil. And the women standing by—an aged liiotlior and loud sister they* watched and watching saw their vision of happiness come crashing down anil the heart within them died. . . such is tlio way of women. “Hands Up!” Curt, and < i i~P tin* woods fairly leapt from Starlight s month. Half a dozen soared men and women pot from the inside id the Ooulliurn mail coach witli nlrrcriiy, and stood trombliiip oil tlio roadway, while lour masked lipuro s pointed eNooo Imply businesslike weapons at their Wads. Han Moran stopped forward ,nd commenced to collect the valuables. He took from a weepiup woman, amonp other tliinps. a locket, which she prized mueldv. Tiiroinp. she appealed to Starlight, and Starlight. peiillenian ol I la- mad. spoke his memorable words: “Remember Moran, we don’t tub wo-

PEOPLES PICTURES. t’AVt i FOX SI’KCIAI.S TO-NKMIT. At. the t) | tor a House 10-niphl Peoples Ri.-t ores present a grand double pie pranune. ’! he first is Israel Zanpwdl famous play “Merely Mary Ann, produced as a motion picture by Fox Film ('orpnral ion with Shirley Ma-isn :l - the star. The role of tile young '-hih'iy” i.u the r.ondon board in it lmus,. L admirably suited to Miss Mason's dainty i|iinintness. Tile play owed its ail,cess on the stapo to its delightf.it !,lending if humor and pniltos. and it,,, force of ever;' situation is udensii; ,1 i n (hi. til in version, which was aeoiiarized and directed hy I’.dwaial .1. I.e Saint. Miss Mason is expected to overtoil the success she made with “1 it|- I'olepliant Alan.” “I.ove’s liar veal” and “The Little Wanderer” all fo\ pniduet ions. She is supported I.V ail o\ee|dional east, omitaiiiiiip snob uell-kuown players as ('assent !' erpll son. leadinp man: Harry Spiiigh'r. (bvirpia AYno<\t liorpo. Ilabe l.ondun nrd "Kevpie" Morgan. , Tlio second star rs the pieturis.ition ~f the hip novel “Eastwood Ho!” v, hi, li Ims made a noteworthy sine." :.s a m.e azine serial and has heel! put into photoplay form for the new V, il linin' |**ii\ star, William Russell, the hip hreezy athlete. A pieturo fnd ol humor, of complicated. hair-1 ai-iiT situations, and of the spirit, ol tipiea! \mi ri, :i ii maiiliood. It is evidently tin- s-ut of plav that Russell can handle to perl', et ion and will appeal t.■ , Inis,' who are s-ekiirb the ladder 1 i'iny in -■ reeii drama.