AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

‘A WOMAN OF XO IMPORTANCE”

MONDAY

A great problem play adapted from the famous stage success by Oscar Wilde “A Woman of Xo Importance.” A story which fearlessly throws the light of truth on the old age problem of the woman who has loved not wisely, but 100 well, featuring Fay Cnnipton. It is a magnificent portrayal of the woman who listened to the promises o! George Harford, roue and cynic—promises of marriage which never matured—ca=t aside as having served a purpose to the man who was above hei in a social standing she became a woman of no importance. It is the greatest of till Oscar Wild’s plays. It was a drama which was the sensation of the hour brought to the screen in a plat that will strike a responsive note in the heart of every modern woman. “A girl never marries the man she flirt:witli.” So said Oscar Wilde, fumed in his day for his many clever observations on woman. A picture that comes with a warning to the women of modern society is ‘‘A Woman of Xo Importance.” Forced into the battle that many women have known, sin- fights for her child attains: a world who regards her mistake, because she is a woman as unforgiveahle. Fay Compton the brilliant English star plnv.s the leading role, and her portrayal of the woman who has made one irrevocable blunder is impressive am 1 potent to the hist degree. The supports are “The Social Buccaneer” serial and comedy. Orchestral selections and usual prices.