McLEAN’S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1924, Page 1

McLEAN’S PICTURES.

M (TCI 1 I.ICWIS—TO-NIGI IT. McLean's Pictures present this Tuesday evening, Mitchell Lewis and Flow once Turner in “Fool's Gold”, a special production in six parts. Tn “Fool’s Gold” an Arrow Film, picture, there are two love stories. Jn the first, the lovers are parted. Their children in the second generation are happier. Marshall Strong and John Moore are partners in a. mine. Both love the school teacher, Constitute Ilarvey. She prefers Strong, hut Moore is crafty and she married him. Moore is killed in a brawl, and Strong, who went to the rescue is accused of the murder. Constance and lie might still have found each other, hut Lilian Niles by a. plot brings about a misunderstanding and marries Strong. Twenty years later. Strong, calling himself A lark Smith, is a rich mine owner, and lie and T.ilian have a daughter, Nancy. Constance is a widow still, and the son. David Moore gets a. job ill Mark Smith’s mine. David and Nancy meet. Mark Smith won’t take proper precautions for the safety of his workers. There is discontent. David is a power for good sense and moderation and the owner trusts him. Nancy's mother has brought about an engagement between the girl and an English lmronet. There is an explosion at. the mine. Mark Smith and the baronet both run, and finding it burning try to rescue David and two others (miners) who are known to he in danger. They pass through a long gallery in (lames, but they are not successful, for David and the miners got through a disused passage. As a result of the (ire, Smith promises to be generous and David and Nancy are wed. The supports include a topical budget and a Christie comedy “RenoAll Change."