AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

“THE COVERED WAGON.” (A Paramount Picture that is breaking all house records). TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW. The tremendous reception that met "The Covered Wagon” at its Premier Screening in Christchurch has only been excelled bv its season at The King’s Theatre. Wellington. “The Covered Wagon” is just finishing the biggest and most .successful season that has ever been established in Wellington’s Premier Picture House. The picture opened to capacity business at tlie commencement, and record bookings were made throughout. It was found impossible to show this picture to everyone in Wellington in one wool: in the Theatre with the biggest .-eating capacity, and it was found necessary to screen the picture in the Paramount and Briltauia Theatres the following week. A record like this can only move Lhat all that has hoou

said—all the praise that lias been given is justified and well earned. V> il! “anion, hero ui the story, is under a cloud because Sam Woobliuli, who wav. iih him in the army during the war with .Mexico accuses him to the wagon train people of theli. Ihe great wa-

gon train of 1848 sets out for Oregon. Molly Wingate, the heroine, is loved f v both Vi oodliull and Banion. She favours Bunion, hut will not wed n man under a cloud. Hut during tin ioiirnev Bunion saves her lile several

times and finally is enabled to prove his innocence. The trip is Irauglit with great peril. The Indian attacks, the fording oi rivers ami prairie files, add to the terrors of the great overland journey, lint there is lull as

well the great Imll'alo hunt supplies snort and food. These marvellous scenes are nil contained in the epic drama of the time when the west i* still uiu-onquered. Lois Wilson. -I. Warren Kerrigan. Alan Hale. Ernesl Torrence. Tolly .Marshall. Charles Ogle, etc. arc ill the cast. The prices to-night are: Circle 2- 2d. stalls Is Bd. children under twelve downstairs Hd.

KoLEAN’B PISTUSE3.

' — FRIDAY “FACE TO FACE.’’ y Prim-ess Tlieatic Mel.e:ui'« I’>ct a res will present a line programme. '! lii star picture is entitled "face to Face”. A mystery drama, presenting a baffling O’se, which admits of no solution until the very last reel. Is tip law anxious to punish only the guilty? Should one man with-hohl evi mme that could save mother’s life? When is silence a sin? Is the bi" right in demanding a lile lor a Tde He was one of life’s failures. Ilis body va : , starved; his mind drugged; his pockets empty. Tn the dead ot night he (limbed into the bathroom window cl the Weston home and found him

s ,lf face to face with a young man. raised his gun and lived! Ihe next minute rough hands seized him. ||e saw lying on the floor the lifeless i ndv of an old man I hen arrest; then lie. trial with all the evidence against him. his life defending solely upon the straightlorward manner in which he his story. And his simple story was that he broke into the house, and that he shot at a young, not an oh'

Saturday--‘‘Track:;’ . Horses dinnppeaiiug by the hundred-. No 1 luc '"it

a nivsierious cow track. Ihe wool" border community up in arms. Euler a wandering, whistling cow bov. So starts the sUspeiiiseftil story, just os (lose knit and logical r-s any log drawing room drama. Act Western to the life in the excitement of its stunts and hub'-i'llising riding. 'I on many We-t----ei ii- ham Linked convincing stories. Toi many stories have failed to reveal the irue spiriL. of the West. Here iwhere the successful eonihination meets.

Till result A perfect show made sin {; i',. |,t he prestiee of Bill Patton \ohle Johnson and Beatrice Burnham Von can hoi vour flux Office, ti s there

in all-star cast ! \ two-reel comedy. Gazette ami eardon "ill support these two fine proa'ninines. Mel.can’s orchestra will ten ler tin- incidental music. Usual prices