AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

'•BLACK BEAUTY" TO-NIGHT.

“Black Beauty” to be presented tonight at the Princess Theatre is a. film that has all the elements that go into combination to make life tnvigora ting, enjoyable and entertaining have been interwoven in this simple story of life in 1870. The rainy day in which the bridge across the river was swept away; that day when “Black Beauty” ■saved his master’s life; the I‘esctle of the horses from the burning stables; the limit, and the race between horse and locomotive are some of the spectacular scenes in this film that cast an

enormous amount to produce. Jean Paige and an all-star caste of players compose one of the largest and most expensive castes ever assembled for a mammoth special production. David Smith, an Englishman horn and brought up in the locality of the story, fned ns one of the best directors of films in which animals play an important part, directed the production. He has interpreted accurately, and wonderfully the quaint, homely story of the simple, wholesome characters in Anna Sewell’s book. This story can be enjoyed in picture form by grandparents and infants alike. This makes it one of the greatest “family pictures” ever presented to the public.