AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT.

James Oliver Curwood, whose latest photoplay of the Far North, “Nomads of the North,” at the Princess Theatre to-night, is also the author of “Back to God’s Country,” and “The River’s' End.’ It is said he has more than sustained the reputation he achieved for himself in these two latter photoplays in his most recent effort, which is described as an unusual spectacle of human lovo and villainy contrasted with animal fidelity and justified ferocity. It is a picture of big moments and, not the least thrilling is the great' fire and the deadly struggle between: a man and a huge bear, the latter j fighting to save the life of his'mistress. It is a big picture in every way. Larry! Semon, the king of laughter, will bo! seen in his latest two reel comedy entitled “The Country Bumpkin.”

On Wednesday and Thursday Pollards are showing “Way Down East. 0 ’ Six months in the Empire Theatre, London, and still showing, is the record of D. W. Griffith’s wonderful melodrama, “Way Down East.’ The master mind of screen drama has poured out with a lavish hand every thrill and every artifice of his genius to make a gorgoeus entertainment. The many coloured scenes of the great ballroom spectacle will never be surpassed, and new and startling lighting effects follow one another in quick succession. Literally hundreds of quaint types adorn the smaller character part of the story, and it is packed with quaint humour and odd surprises. The plot itself is terribly powerful, and treats an age-old theme with freshness and beauty. Lilian Gish, as the little country beauty who enters society to become the victim of a despicable but attractive lady-killer, is appealingly lovely, and acts with sympathy and occasional flashes of 'tremendous passion and vivid emotion. The score deserves special mention. While it is of emotional strength, it contains plenty of lovely well-known melodies and some clever novelty "stunts.”