AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

ANNETTE K KI.I.KP.M AN IN

VENUS OK TilE Son’ll SEAS" A picture which is ol very special interest to Now Zealanders will lie screened at the Princess Theatre here on .Momlay next tor one night otiiv, when Annette Kellerman will he seen in the picture which was produced in Nelson some time non. Miss Kellerman, writing from Los Anodes, California. sacs:—

-My Dear N.Z. friends, — During tl iy stay i.i New Zealand, 1 had the extieiue pleasure of making in and around Nelson. Tohaka, I’ol.ara I leach, ami Island Day. Wellington, the p.eture which lias heen entitled.

•'Vcniis of the South Seas." Von will I foci sure, he pleased to know that the lilm experts in Hollywood have claimed this to he the host picture ot lily career. Owing to the clearness of the witter round about Nelson my divine ami swimming exhibition, tinder Witter are seen to creator advantage thiin in any previous picture in which I have appeared. "Venus of the South Soils" will he shown in your town next week and I tru-t that you will take the opportunity of seeing it. 1 feel sure that you will agree that it lucre than favourably compares with subjects I have previously hail made in America. With kind personal regards— A illicit c Keller nut i. A special two reel comedy and further chapters of "Perils ol the A ttkoit" will complete the usual Monday first-class display. The Orchestra whose playing of late hits been it special feature will render another of their line proem mines. Special prices will be charged on .Monday, viz., circle •_>s 2.1, stalls Is Bd, children as tisiiiil

McLEAN'S PICTURES

•A MODERN SAI.O.MK." TO-NICIIT -McLean’s Pictures present this Saturday) night Hope Hampton in

"A .M.odcrn Salome." A bewildering variety of exquisite gowns and dazzling jewels is worn by Hope Hampton in her initial production as a star.

"A .Modern Salome.'’ It i- her determination to become known :i> the best dressed woman ol the screen and i.t her lifsi production she l has set a mark that if maintained will earn her thitl, 'reputation. She imagined she was Salome, dancing before King lierod for the head of John the liaptist! Vet she wits ;t modern woman, surrounded by every luxury. What eau.-ed her hallucination When her hushit tul’' seufetiiry wouldn't Hatter her the woman vowed revenge. What did Salome Vandam do to Harry Torrence' Two men were in her room aid her husband demanded to know which one had insulted her. She lied and inciised the innocent one. Why!' A family was broken up; live lives wrecked, by the woman’s headstrong demand for admiration, before she heard the voice ol conscience. Did she heed it!' See "A .Modern Salerno." starring beautiful Hope Hampton. It is it photoplay ol sweeping dramatic effect and so vivid that you will never forget it!

The n. eiiing chapters of the serial "lln.it one Hut It" will also be shov-ti. ‘litis v, i I be -. recti at the end ol l - i.ight'.i i rogtamme. Tuesday—(ioldwyn’s motion picture version of Dnpcrt Hughes’ great American storv. "’I lie (’tip ol I' ttry. It is a vivid, enthralling photoplay glowing with spirit of trite Americanism as

embodied in the complex pei sottidit v ot Mantis;*, runaway, mu.-n hall tie* li.'ss, and .social buttei'lly, who ea-t aside a life of luxury and pleasure to help alleviate the sufferings of humanity.