AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD'S PICTURES. N( )IUIA TA I.MAJJ(J E—TO-NIGHT. l’olhmls aro showing a fine programme to-night Nonna 1 almndge ''•all be featured in lu>r latest First National Feature “Yes or No’ - ami svpporting this well mted drama the latest Patlie Gazette Topical and a very good camrdy entitled “Slpillle the Queen-’ will also be screened. An adaptation of the successful stage play “Yes or No:'” which aroused so much discussion mi Cm. New York stage when it was pies-ntcd a few seasons ago. will he shown at the Princess Theatre to-uigllt with the t. dental Norma. Talmadge finding exnrrs-ioii in it thriva.h a d ”>l role. It is a character study which tests her emoti null skill to tin utmost hot she comes through with Hying colours and again shows why she is called one of the real artists of the serein. The play depicts the social elite frittering away their liviv* in the vain pursuit. of pleasure, and touches also upon the sordid life of Fast Side poverty. A deep, tense pulsating drama, and Hie that compels the spectator to pay the strictest attention. While it has alii ays been Norma Talmadge’s good fortune to anpe.tr in Him successes, she has never had a. better opportunity to display her many-sided talent than in “Yes or No." Not only does the fascinating Norma denivt both the society woman who said *'ves" and settled the moral seo-e with her butterfly life, ami the contrasting rol" of the hard-work-ing wife of the poor man, wlm had the moral courage to say "no and as a consequence reaped peace and happiness, hut she manages to look as beautiful in ugly clothes as she does in gorgeous plumage. Natalie lalmadge too. idays a dual role, alternating as the society woman's maid and the poor woman's siler. Considering her inexperience. the youngest member ol the Talmadge Trio shows a remarkable arpreciation of her dramatic opport idties.