AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES. “CARNIVAL.” WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. Mere it is at last. Tlie English motion masterpiece the world has waited for. Mow often have you asked to see

“something different, something new, new faces, new scenes? Here is the different picture—a gem of screen art and a sensational dramatic achievement. Harley Knowles magnificent English production, “Carnival,” offered with a wonderful cast headed by England’s foremost artist of to-day, ■Matheson Lang. Venice! the carnival spirit and romance! Can you imagine a more perfect setting for a throbbing love story than old Venice at carnival time? This beautiful drama was actually filmed in the wonderful old Italian city of a hundred islands at a cost in good English gold, of over Cl 70,000. “Carnival,” one of the finest and most wonderful of the films made abroad is taken from the stage success, and the original stars are in it, the chief roles being tilled as follows:—Silvio, .Matheson Lang; Simonotta, Hilda Uavley ; Count Andrea Soipione, Ivor Nevollo. “Carnival” is unquestionably a masterpiece, whether one pudges it from an artistic, a technical, or a literary point of view. Technically, the production is flawless. Staged in the romantic city of Venice, it contains some of the most exquisite views of this quaint and mysterious

“town of a hundred islands” that have never been seen on the screen. The climax of the great play is staged in a theatre, where a performance of the Shakespearean play Othello is being given to a crowded house, and the result is magnificent.. Matheson Lang's portrayal in “Carnival” is one of the greatest pi'eces of artistry ever given to a cinema audience. So realistic, so deep and so whole-hearted is his work that it completely carries one away. Playing opposite to him is Hilda Rayley, a charming and unaffected young kitlv. who is also an artiste of great ability. Nothing is wanting to make the production one of the greatest liritish screen plays of all time. “Carnival” has met with a boisterous welcome by the general public everywhere. The prices are circle 2 s 2d, stalls Is Bd, children downstairs (id. Reserve at Mclntosh’s.

McLEAN’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! Mr McLean presents to-night a special attraction in “The Road to A ready” Marring Virginia Leo. A brilianl social function of New York’s “smart set” forms the glittering background for a base ambition that would sweep two lives into its rnirky folds. Will love triumph, or greed. After the hall, two daughters of society nestled amidst luxury, exchanged confidences, and told each other their dreams of thu future. Eor one. the stroam of love ran smoothly; hut for the other a loveless marriage seemed inevitable— lovo bartered for gold by the inexorable hand of ambition. Good supports indude the latest gazette and a.two-reel comedy.