AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARDS PICTURES.

CONNY TALMADGE AND LARKY

SEMON, MONDAY

On Monday next Pollards are pve-. sen ting a double star programme when two of the most popular artists of the screen Constance Talmadge and Larry Semon will both appear in thej same programme. As i'n most of her previous successes, Constance Talmadge is , guilty of a.ll sorts of endearing, though ■ somewhat naughty pranks, in her latest picture “Good Reference, but it matters not as she possesses the spirit of youth, and in her case jt'is decidedly catching, for which the gods be thanked. Flying with spread sa.ils right into a lovely billet, when the day before she faced the future, jobless, moneyless, referenceless, is the start of her* adventures, culminating in a prize fight in a: drawing room, led up to being marooned tin a bathing suit with a valet person, and having to ‘wangle* some clothes out of a dear old major. Snappy, irresist- j ibly funny, and always interesting in this contribution of Constance’s, and if she were not enough to satisfy any i ; human beings taste for fun, we see that j i India rubber comedian Larry Semon in j his latest miYth producer “The Rent Collector,” on the same programme. A > Pathe Gazette will also be shown, and Pollards’ Symphony Orchestra will play a first-rate programme. MoLF.AM’B P!OTUBUS. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT 11 Air McLean presents this evening “The Afan Tamer.” “How did you feel in that p.age of lions?” Gladys Walton was asked after she had finished her scene in “The Man Tamer”. I must have felt like a soldier in battle, replied; the youthful star, who has never hesitated to try any stunt. “The night before T was to start on the lion scenes! in the cage must have been terrible. Afy involuntary ngita- , tion would be very evident. When Ti l asked Mr Harris, the director, why j 1 he discarded the first scenes, he told | < me that the lights had flickered and 11 thrown a shadow across the cage; but. J 1 I know better. “But that feeling last- >

ed only a short while. The second time I was quite composed. T decided the Universal folks would not ask me to do anything really dangerous, and Mr Stecker, the chief trainer of the Universal Zoo assured me he would have two dozen men, just outside armed with forks and pistols on every movement of, the animals. And I was further

reassured by the fact that in the cage with me, playing the role of my father, was Rex Roseli; who at one time was the Lest known animal trainer in America.

ANNETTE KELLER MAN AND HER TIVOLT FOLLIES

| On Wednesday and Thursday next at | the Princess Theatre Annette Kelleri man and her Tivoli Follies will appear | for a two night’s season. Thousands I upon thousands of people have see» i her in the “pictures” and adm.ired and envied the beauty of her figure. Her countless admirers will have an opportunity of seeing the lady herself, when she will display her ncqviatic skill and grace in a huge crystal tank, which has been specially constructed for this tour. Miss Kellerman’s versatility is remarkable. 'Everything she does is done incomparably well. She h.a,s extraordinary witchery and magnetism. Her infectious gaietv endears her immediately. Her body glows with its own light, but her clothes, when she wears them are sheer adornment. She is one of tho most vivid and vivacious and most versatile women on the stage. Her life has! been one long glory of health and sane enjoyment. Miss Kellorman will he supported by tlie Tivoli Follies International Vaudeville Company, including Brightie and Carlyon from the Coliseum, 'London, in dainty singing and dancing; Florence Penney, contralto; Martini, a funny man with a dog; Little and •Ship, two funmakers, whos vocal items arc said to he above the ordinary; the Vardells, sensational acrobats and gymnasts; the Dancing Donnelleys; and Stuart Barnes an American raconteur, humourist, and storyteller from the Palce Theatre, New York, and Efnpire Theatre London, in his own sketch “My Wife’s First Husband John.” The entire production is described as unique presenting vaudeville of the highest grade.