AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

A THOMAS H. IXCK PRODUCTION WE ONES DA V.

On Wednesday next a Tims ft. luce Minor comedy entitled “Cell Hoy will l>e the attraction at the I’riiiross Theatre. Modern hotel life has boon used as the background for “Cell Coy 18” a royally ontertsiinint; story of a hoy who tries to earn his living as a hell hof> when a rich uncle disowns him after trying to elope with a pretty actress. One of the biggest hotels in San I'Yancisco was “rented’’ by Thomas- lace to gel the proper atmosphere for these scenes:. The ordinary routine of the hotel was not altered, and Douglas McLean in the title role of this picture, served with the other bellboys, lie proved his nerve as well as Ins skill as a comedian, in one scene, where he had to elimh out 0:1 a ledge of the hotel just twelve storeys !ron> the ground. Thrills aval fun are combined throughout, till; nature. A Topical and two-reel comedy will also he shown, fin Thursday next one of the greatest William Fox productions entitled “Tile Face on the Car lloom. Floor” will he presented for one night,' only with the following strong cast. Henry ]!. AVathall. Cuth t'liil'urd. Walter Emerson, Frederick Sullivan and Alma Bennett. Terrific .storms at sea, a prison outbreak, a daring man-hunt, a perilous lean for life, a light inside the prison walls and other thrills follow in l'anid succession in this sensational motion picture.