AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

• i am guilty." .MONDAY. ! "I Am dinky!'’ urns written by Bradley King, Jii:ij4!ixi lie v. rite-l and playwright, and was produced under die pcr.-umil supervision id' .1. I’arker Head. dr. It tells the story of a vmuall. who through neglect, liv lier husHand permits her*cli' one lasi lima: in the world Id.mi which her married life ha.-, taken le-r. At the end of her "vacation," Connie MucNair (l.mtise olaillll) lleeollles tile pawn el cirelllllslane. s 1 thinks hvi-elf the guilty agent of a murder. Her Inishand, .MaeXair (.Mahinn ilamiltnn). defends I Dill.ni, a crook, wild is accused of the crime. A powerful dramatic: situation I m which little Mickey Moore as the I iial y plays a principal part, reveal* | Connie to her Ini-hand as the suppnsij titiaii> muidere-s. An ingenuous twist | in the story, not dis< losed until the I kind "fade-nitl" if tile engrossing tale I prove, to MnrXair that his wile is innocent and he . emmemes on a (past to tinea rl.h the pi ilt y one. Dillon ■ihinhs MaeXair has deserted his i a u-e : MeeXair’s v ile helieves her Ini-hand hits deserted her. thinking her uulaithlul and guilty of her seli- | ,-oiifessed crime. And so. on the day | of Dillon's eonvieiion. Connie enters j the court room, and, at an intensely ] dramatic period in the proceedings i el. , - li.-rseii up. As sh • is plated on j ihe v. it lies- -land MaeXair enters. I unshaven and laitcml. with I p.s-i on of the real murderess, Trixie ! I',. Intent (Claire Du Urey), who for a 1 lmio, time previous to Connies ac,i;;u! 01 am e with Teddy CarrieU (-)■'• K il'.nmr i • was the hitler's inaumI ,a.:i. Mae.Naii'. explaining how lie ex--1 i,i,.;,...1 a i oiite- -ioii from Trixie, tells j in Ihe i-niwded mint room the story ol id- umlerworhl sojourn : how he ! :u ,,j ||i:i;-e!l to Trixie and how ! lie .enacted ihe murder in t'larriek's ! aparinieni v, H e a dmeetivc a* j' 1 " ! murdered man. am! how _ <• • "ssie'i I fell front tie’ ; rcmhling lip, nt 1 | ,|-. Z ed woman. A. c.wiling to those e.xI perts will, have viewed the production. ! ; -| Am Guilty!" expresses the talon's ! ~f Louise i damn at tlimr best, and Lae work of the supportin'-: east is said to he superlative. I'nrlher episodes id 1 the •‘l.ini.t Man" ami a sparin' comedy completes the programme. tin j nesdav next the hoe: expected pmture of Jackie Cooean in " 1 roiil.le v. M shown, and on Thursday next Mary Carr the Mother w "Over t a; M'H tin "Silver Wing*." 1 n.'se hie lea-j I Hires should at i rnet lar.ee amlieiu. es at j I the DrineesS Theatre next week.