AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

THK GIRT. OF TilK COI.DEN WEST” TO-NIGHT.

I*'ir*t National's great masterpiece entitled ••The Girl of the Goblet West" |> rufl nr ;•< I Ijv Diiviil Behr-i-o, tin ■miit who made “.Mighty hike ;i Rose.’ will lie the bin attraction at the I’lincess Theatre tu-night. Merc is drain; real drama that crips and fires nit’ its adventure, and thrills. The vehicle that is immortal in opera, literature and stan.'. lives again with its breath les • moments, tense with the drama and beauty of a golden girl’s straggle It calls out to your heart as the gold i'll West did to the 'lflers. Uelasei gave it to the stage. ( ants,> immortalised it in poern. The book is famous in literature, but. nothing ear. provide greater thrill, greater enter tainment than Edwin Cnrewe's speetaetilar film production. .\ big supporting programme will also be screened on Monday night, including a tworeel comedy, and further chapters o!

•‘Perils of the Vukou" slurring William Desmond. The orchestra v. ill play several new selections and price.--are ie. usual.

McLEAN’S PICTURES. "TIIK v HANNINGS ” —TTKSDAY. -Mel,can's Pictures have pleasure in animuneing the reprodtietion of •• The ( hanniugs" a wonderful interpret at ion of -Mrs Henry Wood's famous novel. A licit is h production by Masters films l.td With Dorothy Moody as Constance Chamiiug, Dieli Webb as Httmislt ('banning, Lionclle Howard as Arthur (■banning, ('has. Vane Mr Huntley. In the (piiet and sleepy Cathedral town of I Iclstonleigh lived two families as different from one another as could possibly be imagined. The Channings lived together in fpiiet and loving accord. hut the Vorke- are wild, careless and f|ttarrelsonie. Cnexpeetcdly the ( hitnnings are laced with poverty, hut proud and independent they face the bad news with a brave spirit. The children who are old enough go out to earn their living;, and with the strictest economy the plucky family endeavour to slave oil ruin ami win through. Arthur ('banning ami Poland Voi ke belli work as clerks at Calloway's the solicitors, where owing to the disappearance of a twenty pound note they both come under suspicion. Arthur Chniinings knowing that his brother Hamish has obtained some money in a mysterious manner belives him to he the thief, and nobly saeriliees his honour and gund name to cover Ids In-ot-her's supposed guilt : he is consequently discharged in disgrace. For the very first time the Chamiings hold divided opinions; some of the family believe Hamish guilty, and Mr Chunning and Hamish believe Arthur to he the culprit. The twenty pound note is re turned anonymously to Calloway, and eventually Poland Yorke clears nut, afterwards writing to Arthur confessing that he is the thief; tints tiewhole drama of cross purposes is (leafed up, and Hamish explains his secret source of ine.mv by proudly showing a book which he has written. 'I he Yorkes, after having openly sneered at the ( hannings now get their first taste of real humiliation, but the Channings with a trite spirit of forgiveness readily agreed to If rg.-t the unpleasant happenings, and so re-unions and weddings become the order ol the day. The full orchestra will provide the accompaniments and Mel. -.-ins hawpleasure in announcing that for ibis specially line picture only the usual prices will be charged.