AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

PAULINF FREDERICK TO-NIGHT. ■Can there he Escape oi Fate I'” lias heen a shed a thousand times and the answer of the great short story writer O. Meiirv is NO. Whatever you feci about the truth or otherwise of this doctrine you eannoi lail to heroine interested in lit.- phoiiiplny, “Hoads of Dm liny.” v. hieii is a picturisation of a famous O. Henry short story. Banline Frederick plays the role of a betrayed girl who ill subsequent de-pel'-ate atuinnix to escape the net of her destiny plays oilier roles. All end the same. The nature of the play morns that there are many varied lnimiens and the e are very beautiful at times. The - citings of lhe society i.eu-r- o! the Ainerieaii capital are sup. idi, and lhe Alaskan and Mexican scene- are woudeifiil. Jane Novak and .Tulin Bowers head a capable east. ■'Are there more women fatalists than men ” How many’people really believe in modern times that destiny makes decrees that cannot lie escaped. In • Roads of Destiny” Cohlwyn producers have attempted to answer these queries hy the making of a -creen presentation of (L Henry's famous slor.v. I’aiiline Frederick i-. tile heroine, an i her wink is beyond reproach. Jane Nm nk is also (.fist in a role of great appeal, and John L evers, well known for his work in the “Sin- Pilot,” has on alt motive rob-. The experiment is a hold one. hut i. completely successIni. A Pn! lie (Li/-, lie. Pnt.be Review, and a two-reel Christie comedy will also he -hewn. Coming on Wednesday and 'I liars.lav next the world's sweeth an Man- Pukiord in “Little fail'd Fiiuntlerov.”

WEDNESDAY \.M) THURSDAY MARY BICKFORD A ISO Y IX NT. XT BKTI'RK. She l‘i"y.~ a dual role in film Version ul ‘‘Little Lord Fnuntlero.v.” lliy tiling that will probably i 11 to:i->t iliy public n.0.-t ajoiil .Mary Bickford’*, ‘•lattlo 1.a.1 Fai nth row" coming In lily I’i ii: is- Yc.atre next Wednesday and Thitisdnv i‘s the feature atti'iictn.ni. is m t so nine.. ilia iact that slit.flays a dual roly in this pillow ns that -lie lakes iiu- pan t ,i a l,ny. Little .Mary lias p|..ye:t a dual mle bel'ui’e— ill ' •.~ : la I l.r .Maris” hut tin’s '■■ill he the first time she lias ever appeared as a hoy throughout an entire photoplay. ’While it is t rue that she lias worn masculine garb in some ol her previous productions, she did so as a girl masquerading as a hoy for the moment only. But in her film version of Hodgson’s Burnett's gioat story. Miss Bickford is constantly .111 tile s.i'een as Lillie Lord I’auiitlerov or as his m ti'er: in Ltd, much of the time she is there both as the mother and the little lord, all hy the aid of cleverly devi.-ed (loulile exposure work of her cameraman, (luirleKosher. Without a doubt it is thy, most appealing story ever screened. .I. is rich in colour and human interest,. We see Mary depicting a Kauutlerny who i- .ill hoy de-nit e his cuil', spotless e*.tint's and liaudsollle Velvet suits. Fol' a. dressed-up l.oy. lie lertainl.v decs get piiwerl’n..y mussed up at times, j much to iiie amusement of his stern 1 . grandfather and to the chagrin ol his idolizing mother.”

! Tliy work d' Miss 1 ‘it-i;l'jsiil does in the diiiil role is said to le liy lar the besL ol' her career. Her sympathetic inlerprutution of the mother part is a startling contrast- against her portrayal of the la i-leroiis. mischievous and exuberant buy. It hardly seems possible, according to members o! the theatre stall' w ho have viewed the Him that those two widely d ill'el cut .characterization-, could le assumed by one Jill ! the ame ].ers:mi. Some 1,1 the i haraeler aetu: - ill the <-iuciii ; we,rid will he seen in this | iet ure. among them -.mud Gillingwaler. James A. Alar us, ICR'S* Price. I Aielate-ta. and others. Special music wa- w ritten i"r the production by land- (lolt-chalh, and will contribute materially to i lie presentaliou being e-peeially prepared by tho theatre. til -‘l.lttle l.o: d fa tint leroyMary I’iekford rival- the athletic ieals el her athletic husband. Sue rides a bicycle which is six led hit'll, and dees a Tall over the handlebars into a muddy street that is as daring a-, any oi [long's most dangerous offerings.