AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

; ! POLLARDS PICTURE®. ) |■ ■ GRAND DOUBLE STAR PRO- , f GRAMME TO-NIGHT. To-night Pollards are presenting an-; other of their popular double star programmes bended by a special Metro feature “Hearts are Trumps” starring Ellen Terry and Cocile Raleigh in six reels. Also on the same programme is _ a big Patlie feature entitled “Brothers j Divided” five reels starring the popu-.. ! lnr Frank Keenan in a double role. Without effusive praise on* van safely say that “Brothers Divided” is one of flic cleanest, most wholesome and re joyahlo features that the screen has given us. That it is so is doubly due to Frank Keenan, for he not only directed # the picture, but also plays a dual role'of two brothers whose characters arc diametrically opposed. There is on nn- | doubted moral to the story, that, good deeds and kind words get n person | much more in life than selfishness ami a , nasty temper. Keenan is thoroughly j crabhish as t.he money grubbing brother and delightfully line as the ex-eonvict whose experiences have only made him keenly alive to the good that in man lies The moral of the story is contained in the star’s remark after Vane - i ” leased from serving a term of twenty years in prison:—“One hour of being just ito the other Fellow is worth a whole year of nrayer”—-and tb P veteran actor rrovides some wonderful contrasts in his two roles (; f th" •"Mh-vs whose characters are so entirely opposite. Without flaunting its moral liefore you, this is a picture that gets un- ; der the skin, and one that- advocates civic betterment and personal happiness in a, human and convincing manner. Pollards’ symphony orchestra will play the incidental music. ■ •egginnnacnxnim