AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

■tenrod” tu-.\jgiit." iVliij'sliiiJl Xeilati's “Penrod.” a picturization oi Booth Tarkington.-, .story of the saint* name. with \Vt*sh*v Burry 'in tile ritli mic and a cast of half a 'hundred will he tile feature photoplay attraction at the Princess Theatre. XI is a. humorous and entertaining story Jhat tin* picituri.xution of “Penrod” ells. Wesley (Penrod) has organized a society with “grips’’ ‘'nishiatmn-” and “symbols.” The society meet- in a cave they have dug, much against the wishes of the grown-ups of the village, who look askance* on the new fraternal order. Finally after the hoys capture two notorious bandits, parontial object ions turn into parential favour. Therci are few people who have 'so far forgotten their own childhood days' as to want to miss this picture of real boys and girls playing away as only happy childhood can. “Penrod” is Marshall Neilan’s long promised screen version of Jhiotli Turl ington's ’inimitable boyhood characters. It is •the first time that it has been prosenUd as a. complete feature subject. 1 V recklcs Burry plays the tile role with care-free east, supported hv a capable eas tof at least; forty adults and juveniles. They include. Marjorie Daw. Tolly Marshall. Frideriek (Sunshine Sammy) Morrison and Claire McDowell. All the- impishness of boyhood jumps to the screen in “Penrod.” Produced hv Marshall \eilan from Booth Turkington’s inimitable stories the picture. makes no oral cnee of “highbrow’' study : Imt offers an ebulliency of modern boyhood for sheer entertainment. A good .supporting programme will also be screened.