AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

A MAE HICK TOL'KXEEB SPECIAL .MONDAY. On Monday next at the Princess I heal re a ‘-[/.•rial l-’irst National attraction, a .Maurice Totmieur protlnr.— Hull, I lid Brass Bottle" with Harry •M.vers, Ernest Torrence, Tally Marshall, Barhara I.a .Marr, Eurcl Slcrl'"g. Charlotte .Merriam, Otis Harlan. I lie story ul a niotlern adventurer who lotiiul a .lazz (icnie with powers groat- ' r than Aladdin’s. How would you like to have a jazz genie transform your house into an Arabian Palace, with dancing girls. slaves and the lavish settings of ancient limes;' It would he unite embarrassing, especially il the girl you loved appeared on the scene with her lather. The enchantment ol the Arabian Nights entertainment is euinbinod with a stirring English love story of to-day in

"The Brass Bottle," which makes it a screen piece de resistance. Erom the clones ot the court of an Egyptian Eiiig of six thousand seven hundred years ago you are magically transported to a fascinating romance of loday. A young architect picks up an old brass bottle at an auction. Removing the stopper, a 00100 who has been imprisoned for years is liberated. Then the fun starts. A two reel comedy and the second chapter of ‘‘The Perils of the Yukon." stannic William Desmond, will complete the usual .Monday display. Coniine on Wednesday next a special William Eox production "Out of the Depths." and owing t„ tin.. Theatre being otherwise engaged on Thursday the second chapters ol "Bnflalo Bill will he .screened.

M(’LEAN'S PICTURES.

ALICE I.AKE. TO-NIGHT. "Should a Woman Tell” featuring Alice Lake, to he screened this (Saturday) evening by .McLean’s Pictures, is a tense, human and infinitely appealing story of a woman confronted with one of life’s creates! dilemmas. Meta Maxim, daughter of hardy, somewhat grasping parents, never, until circum-

stances led her out into the world of wealth, came to a point in her life when she must hersell make a great decision. She found in the young artist living in the little New England town in order to sketch the rugged grandeur of the coast and sea. the otic real romance of her life. Yet there was something which Meta felt that lie should know. She was well aware that lie himself—for lie has candidly confessed it.—had not led a lile entirely blameless. But she was ijo less aware that men regard a woman’s mistake as unpardonable, and their own as joyous escapades. To tell him would mean to lose him. To keep her secret would mean a life of uneasy happiness, unutterably miserable. How this woman chose to act is told with superb artistic skill. How this woman won in the end. A llallroom Boys comedy, "Non Can’t Beat il," and a Gazette. complete a line programme.