AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

DOUBLE STAi: TO-NIGHT. A double star programme "ill he present eel id ilie Princess Theatre tonight, headed by Bessie Barriseale in "Tangled Threads." W. IlnrL will also he shown in a Western drama " The Last (.lard." " Tangled Threads" with Ih-ssie Barriseale, which is coming to Prioress Theatre to-night, is one id' the most delightful stories the screen has shown for some time. It is rich in heart-inteiest. and it carries a powerful theme based upon the eternal triangle. Hat aside from it’s strong dramatic plot, it offers a tremendous appeal in the love of a mother for her child. She goes through everything for him and suffers the misery of losing her husband's ali’oetion. To Keep John Wayne's love, Margaret attempts |., phiv i lie same game. But whereas he is interested' i ll the other woman, the wife only nse> her admirer to arouse her husband's jealousy. And Margaret tails because her friend proves false and places her in a compromising posit ion. The dramatic elemenf.s of the picture are rich in emu rust and conflict. And the mother-heart is revealed to you with ei itsidernhle pathos. Big Bill Hart al'o appears on the same programme in a Western thriller, "The Last < aril." On Thursday. I>. W. Griffiths's latest picture, The 1.-.ve Flower," starring ; Bil liard Bartheline.s and Carol Me- j empstor, a young and pretty screen personality of extraordinary powers in undersea feats. Watch for the wonderful scene in which the desperate

girl fights underwater like n shark fot four minutes. Tropic scenes of unbelieveahle beauty, A story told where passions run waywardl.v heileafh a blazing sun.