McLEAN’S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1924, Page 3

McLEAN’S PICTURES.

THE SILVER HORDE 'L L'ESI)A Y. Absolutely the finest pietui'- ever screened to a Hokitika audience "ill .shown on Tuesday hy .McLean s Pictures. Like all ot the Rex Beach stories a> produce dhv Golduyn. there is no particular star in “The Silver Horde." although the ea-t has been specially selected from the best talent i: i the 00,11(1 ry. --Way nj> in it"’ Irozen stretches ol Alaska, nine-tenths ol n man's law rests in the barrcil ol a gun, and the lliutv hardness of bare fists. Men are made or unmade in a ,-lash of li-ls a sudden “lira"’” ol irons. Cunning and trickery to them is the weapon ol the snake and answered only bv the vehement spit of a "ell-aimed shot. So when Marsh with his Eastern polish and \\ all M reel millions lit: the Kalvik frail to gain control of the great salmon traps, he ITmnil his cunning pitted against the might and courage of the (treat North. And the struggle that followed, rcsonnile with the crash of mighty lists- vibrated with the unleashed passions of strong men lighting for fortune and the love ot a "Oman. (if all Alaska treasures, none u mure beautiful than the Sainton Fisheries of the Kalvik district, and here remote from law two rival lactioti.struggle to control the silver hurtle of salmon. Marsh, head of a powerful cannery, backed by a A) all Street s> u,Rente, is determined to monopolize the Kalvik fisheries. He finds in Cherry Mnlotte. it hardy and beautitid daughter „|- Alaska, a worthy opponent. She and “Big George” Holt light to hold their claims. Out from the Aiming Country to the far north comes a discouraged mail Boyd Emerson, a selteonfesst'd failure. An alliance is lormed between Holt. 'Emerson and Cherry Malotle. They "HI light lor their claim te a share of the silver horde. Emerson goes to New 5 orh •” g” 1 th( necessary capital and is successful. The powerful Wall Street syndicate calls into plav every resource at. its command in an effort to "break” Die three. Then the fight begins tu earnest with the action sweeping forward at a hrea th-taking pace, and "Hiding

up in a big surprise. The prices for this lug picture will Pe Dress Circle 2s. stalls Is (id. Children under twelve 6(1. Reserve at .Miss Mclntosh's. McLean’s Supreme Orchestra will render appropriate selections.