AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

PGLLARti’S fiCTU'RES. DOUBLE STAR I’ROGR AM.MK. TO-NIGHT. To-nighl ;iL tile Erincoss Theatre Pollards aiv jupsonting sin extrsi speeinl hill of t’;m* when ()iivo Thomas will hi* seen in a special feature hy .Selaiiirh entitle:! “The Glorious I .tidy”. anti the ever popular ?d iteheli Lewis will ] lay

lie- leading past in one of .lack ]jindo./s s.tnries of the Sea entitled “The Mutiny of the Klsinore." This hie pro- (! < lion with an sill-star cast presents the London novel in all the grim power of il- conception. The story is one of thrilling snspcii'-o and rife with s:toati -ns that make the moves tingle with the excitement of impending danger. Written by the muster hand of the late .lack London, the novel from whi*h the lictn:.* is taken constantone of the author’s inisl celebrated works. Supjorting Mitchell Lewis in tin* role ot ,lo!in Pike an* Helen Ferguson. Noah Leery, and C’asson Ferguson. “The --tiny of the Kisiiiop*" is one of the .lack London’s last and most notable v.orks. It is a strong tale of the sea, in which a crew of city gangsters attempt to take over the control of the ship from tip. o (Beers in charge, and in addition there is a charming lovo story. Olive Thomas has never appeared to better advantage than in the big Sclxnick feature “The Glorious I.ady. 11

MCLEAN'S PICTURES. CHEAT PH()(»H AMM K TI’FSDA V. William |)c Mille has handled a delicate theme a skilful and delightful manner, in his latest Paramount Super-production, “Midsummer Madness. ? * coming to Hokitika on Tuesday. Although the story is or a. typ# entirely different from the producer's most recent ]>ictur<‘ ‘The Prince (’hap 1 it hoars the same artistic} quality which has characterised all pictures produced under Mr ()<> Mille’s direction. “Midsummer Madness” is th« pirturisjitioii of Cosmo .Hamilton’s society novel. ••Ill’s Friend and Hi" Wil* .” The story centr»> around J »«» viuing married couple:*. Daisy (Kb*.mi t.- P,*n dcviit'd t' > her buslkiml. Julian; h<* long** for.m*w worlds and women in compicr. Hull Meredith is not de-

voted cimugli to his wife. Margaret she longs for romance. For a time she s.-ems to rim! it in Julian, and. under the spell of a too mlight midsummer sin* is led into a indiscretion that threatens, when it comes 1o tin* cars nl a professional scandal-monger, to liiin lour five- Hut light (lawn-* upon Hob Mere-

dith am 1 tragedy is averted. Mr D«* Mil!,, seems, in this picture, to have iutinduced a camera within four walls of two typical liomc" of the In'll* 1 !* sort. It is this t rue-to-lifeness that gives “Midsummer Madness 1 ' its terrific punch and appea I. This is :ii<li“<i l>y lhe i• ni'• 11<■ nt :i.-liiiL£ offered hy l.ilii T.'' o . 1,,,is WiCmi. .hick ll,ilf and Conrad Nagel ill tlic leading roles