AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POL LARD'S PICTURES. A BitITISII RUOIH CTIOX. Pollards arc presenting to-night a 1 ( i<r British picture “Snow in the, Dosort” starring Violet Hopson and Stewart Homo. Hero u. a picture that departs from the well trodden track of inanity; alsa, it is an English production, with Violet Hopson and Stewait Rome in the featured rules of .1 tfnan(icr and the society wile In' buys. Ihe title alone gives some promise of a coed meaty story, “Snow in tlie Insert” and the picture lives up to this promise. A lighting king of tinance. a society debutante who marries him in wealth and position only, and on the clear understanding that she is wifi' only in name, that situation promises something in the way of notion when one considers that the man is earn wRi is aeeiistomod to light, with bare hands if necessary, for everything he wants, lint the husband doesn't follow out any old stereotyped methods «if gaining the eduction of hi* i rigid wife. h.> has ways of his owns which turn out effectual to a degree. A nice story, well put over, with something contin•ually keeping the interest alive throughout its lire reels: a, kind ol 'modern version ot ihe “laming id the Shrew" hut with many original twists.

“The Brand of Lopez” at the Piimess Theatre on Thursday is a melodrama v i;h a host of rapid action, and oxciting moments. Sessile Hayakawa who has Urn leading role, plays the part of a Spanish matador who later In comes an outlaw. Tn begin with the nature coninin* a duel, and there follows mar,, su ii tlv-inoving action which allows the iciiti-al character as an outlaw leading a hmd of brigands, burning a. village oat of hatred, and finally taking what he thinks is 11 revenge worth .wailing for years. Hayakawa in this picture is supportwd by I' lorence lurner; Mai> dene Irving, the child star, and a brilliant enat.

On Thursday Pollards are presettl mg an extra special new serial by the Vitagraph Coy entitled “The Invisible Hand'' starring Antonio Moreno. fitI '‘eTl episodes. I! j |)O\V t V'-' '■'■•'■V'. AM) M K\ b'DMK. FRIDAY. The popular eomhinnl ion I iin >n a Pilgway's Circus, about which tie e has been SO 111 mil col IVC I'Sil f i Oil loelllv. •eill appear here 011 Friday night next. The seal in., accommodation is so arranged that cvei-v spectator has an iinillferrupteil view of the perfnrmnm e. The show on this occasion has undergone reorganisation to such nil extent that the proprietor may now claim to he in the forefront of circus onlre--1 enenr in Australasia. A conspicuous feature is (lull Ridgway’s present a programme that lacks any semblance of vulgarity. Indeed, the whole outfit. ranged the stamp of propriety, which signifies good management, both with regard to outward display and to 111,' essential details of clean and wholesome amusement for patrons. For this visit an except ioimllv strong combination has been organised, and a complete new programme of thrilling feats, combined with genuine f irons display will ho featured. Some idea of the size of the equine department may 1,.. ..augod l,v the fact that the fodder required includes two tons of chaff her