AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1921, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES. GRAND DOUBLE BILL TO-NIGHT. To-night Pollards aro presenting a grand double bill at the Princess Theatre when Katherine Macdonald makes her debut in a First National feature entitled “The Notorious Miss i.i-le’’ five reels and Harry T. Morey, the Vitagraph star is featured in a grand drama of the outdoors entitled “Hie Gauntlet.” also five reels. Heralded p.e must beautiful woman in America Katherine Macdonald make* hoi N.Z. d 'hut iu Mrs IVaillie Reynolds’ famous story of sensational scandal ard divnct “The Notorious Miss l.isle.” A happier vehicle for the beauty and 1 talent of the star could not have lieen found. In the role of the persecuted heroine, (1 non or Lisle, who flees to Brittany to avoid the pointing finger of scorn after 'the puhlieitv of a- divorce ease, with which she really had no connection, she rises to great heights of dramatic fervour. ami her unquestioned beauty excites for her the greatest sympathy, •she had “the gift" to a marked degree, and this artistic production exploits her talents to the best, possible advantage. “The Gauntlet” starring Harry I. Morey, which will be shown at the Princess Theatre to-night, the robust, star again plays a vigorous role of the great outdoors. Mr Morey in his ten years of motion picture stardom always has striven to get a story that would permit him to portray life in the open. “The Gauntlet” i- a story of the mountains in Toiioss.ee. Mr Morey, in the role of Roderick Beverley, finds himself involved in the feuds of the mountaineers while looking after his father’s interests. A tremendous interest is created through the machinations of a second business interest which seeks to use the heroine as a pawn in the game. The whole action takes place amid scenes ot sylvan «ihl„,.ss. the kind of atmosphere that gives Harry .Morey full play for the robust physique that has helped to make him so popular. Pollard’s orchestra "iH play a select, programme of music to night