AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

CUMING .SPECIAL LTCTL'R lATTRACTIONS.

(in Alomluy next a special First Nanomil starring .Mutt .Monro and Leattno Joy whoso amazing perl'uiluanros stair pictures as “.Manslaughter,'' rise;, to a towering pinnacle of achiovenn nt in .Marshall Ncilan's special : ‘•.Minnie”. Marshall Xeilan, who made "l.'iiity” and ‘'Go and Clot It.” has la\ishetl a wealth of original notions, (plaint novelties, and a tremendous sf ry on tliis fine play ! A dead liusi.aiii 1 is hotter than none at till, and he-.iiuse that is the only sort I’ll over have. I claimed him. I had to. People laughed at me. I lied-.said [ had a man. hecau.-e my heart would not hear anv nunc pain. And .1 hail to live my lie sjlu> writes herself love letters, hot a use no one else will. Homely localise her beauty .stairs irmii liei

hi ai t. I.onely. a little kitchen Cindeiella laughed at hy everyone. A g''eil l vo-ivcl comedy, nud I'urtiier cpi-

Si of the laipular serial “The lin'd' King” will also 1 e shown. Orchestral selections ami usual pi ice.--. On Wednesday next a William T'nx sjecial starring William Russell and (ai m.cl Myers in “Good-bye Girls”. .0,1 also Al Ml. John ill ‘-The City ( hap’’, a two-reel riot of mirt.li. Comic- -On Thursilay next another hig P’o-l National special entitled “Smilii ' Through” starring (he most popular ,_•!■! ~f iln> screen Norma Talmadge in lc. <■ latest iitnl greatest success. MCLEAN’S PICTUSES. TO NIG lIT •FACE TO FACE." ,o |*i incess Theatre .Mcl.ean'.s Pici arcs w ill | ;esciit a line programme, (la .-tar pi'tnre is entitled “.Face to P’aoo”. A mi tcry drama, presenting a hal’fiing case, which admits of no se:utiou until tin- very last reel. Is law anxious to punish only the ctolly ! Should one man with-hold evi I’. uce that could save mother's lile: When is silence a sin! Is the law I'i'jPt in demanding, a lile lor a lile! lie was one (i life’s failures. Ilis body va. sfaived; his mind dt tigged; his packets empty, in the dead of night he (limbed into the bathroom window of the Weston home and found him-

vlf lace to face villi a young man. if,., raised his gun and lived! The next minute rough hands seized him. lie saw lying on the Ilsur the lifeless i. ody of an old man Then arrest; then da trial with all the evidence against him. his life depending solely upon the si r.'iiglitforv.ard manner in which he id ! his story. And his simple story was that he broke into the house, nut 1 that ho .shot at a young, not an old mail. Saturday “Tracks”. Horses disap-i-eaiing by the hundreds. Xo clue lutt a mysterious cow track. The wduh holder community up in arum. Filter a w a.ndei ing. whistling cow hoy. So starts the x',s|vnsei'til story, just t>.« (10.-c knit and logical as any hig drawing room drama. Vet Western to the life in the excitement of its stunts and kaT-raising riding. Too many Western,. have lacked convincing stories. Tik many stories have fi-ph-d to reveal the true spirit of the West. Here iv !-••;(> the successful eoinhinalion meets. Tin result \ perfect show made sinmre hy the presin-e of Pull 1 'iit toil. X( h|e ,loltuson ami p'e-afiice Burnham. Vro ;>| Pet "i'll II "... Ollii ' it' tlu'-re 1 \u all-star ca.-.t ! I '..e-reel rnim dy, Gazelle and ca>fcon will support these two line progtamtnes. McLean*- onhe-dra will render the iiii-ideutai music. l'-.iiid pri'cs.