AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

‘THE FACE OX TILE BAR ROOM. FI.OOIL” TO-NIGHT.

There is o. pi'ison scone ill tin' Wiliiiuu Fox sjKit-ial: “The Face on the Bar-room Floor,” which opens at- * 1»»* IV/m-css Theatre to-night. that ".'iiikcs t in- bl. Mid rm-e at- the vivid piel iirisation of what desperate niC-n will (in in a mad struggle for freedom. Closely Billowing this comes the terrific Morin

scenes and 1 la- tloundonng i|> at son narrowly mi-sing tin- treat herons rooks. In the niok of tilin', the ]it'llt in the liglu-iiou.-.e shows t-iio captain the way. and tlio ship is saved. Henry 15. Wnthall. famed as tlio ‘‘Little Odom I” : in I). AY. (irillith’s “Birth of a Notion.” plays the dramatic rolv> (Vi Hubert Stevens, tin- artist, in thin prod notion. Ho gives a, vivid pf-Vi'ormanee of the man who takes te ill-inking when liis sweetheart attributes a monstrous crime to him, umi tile exciting events that follow as tie.! result make of “The Face on this Bar-room Floor” one of tb*_- most nnwerful pictures that have t-onio from the .William Fox studios. Miti-h credit goes to Director .iaek Ford for his deft handling of tlnv.dieme of this story. He could have made it heavy and preachy, hut instead, >< preaches no lesson concerning tin* t-vil of drink. It is n straightforward story which, ahetted hv its patent theme, makes it foremo.t among this year’s specials. Rol.ert Stevens (Henry I>. Wnthall) is a:t urti-t. engaged to .Marina Von '’leek (It nth Clifford) who goes to a picturesque fishing village for new settings. Here he meets the lovely fishing maid. I.utlii; (Alma Bennett) and persuades her to pose for him. In the meantime, Alt','non and her brother Dick (Walter Emerson) come to tin- village. i)iok becomes infatuated with Lottie, hut he refuses to play a man and leaves her when she needs him most. The girl drowns her-

! -It. and the crime is attributed to Stevens, who remains silent. Marion breaks their engagement. Stevens turiis to drink to forget his troubles, and when a pockethuok is planted on him. goes to orison. When the prisoners revolt, he saves the governor's life mid escapes to sea in a boat, arriving nt the lighthouse (luring u*tcrrilic storm in time to save a ship irom wreikir.g on the rocks. Tile govern"',-, whose life he saved, n'Cogiiis.es Stevens going into a saloon and tells .Marion. They go to li'iin and find him on the linin' Ledoe the picture he lias painl-'d of her. Marion takes him to her heart, and in the months that follow, he reforms and they are happily married. Selections by the orchestra and usual prices will' he charged.