PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1924, Page 1

PICTURES.

“Tl I E I N FORTUNATE HEX.” TO-XIOITI. To-night iSat in day) Mil .tail's present i i.e ureal Sclztiirk picture, “I'he Dill::ri uiiale Hex.” I 4 ranees Edtno'.idc and George Larkin ai'e eo-starreil. and make the very'best of their respeetive parts and give In ihe sereen the lno.it uitistie portrayals seen lor many a day. The supporting east, iiielndes siieh well-known players as Harry N an .Meter, Catherine Lewis. Karl Schaefer, and Jeanne Uoe. Imagine the .sorrow of n young mother who lias laid the little one snatched from its cradle through the treachery of its own father; through fear and pride she is compelled to share his ycmil l y secret and keep the silence, thus depriving her on flesh and blood of nil the comforts her riches afford. There was a pur-l'i-e though an ending to her he.'irtwnine anguish, w!iieh is nil graphically told in the most, interestin'.; drama ol tlie day. Frances Edmnnde as “Meggy” will lie remembered many a day by Iter host of admirers lor her artistic interpretation of the little piil who was kidnapped by her own father, .lames Ilarringtoii. a wealthy steel mill owner, anil through a chain of fast moving cii'emnstniiees was placed in the hands of one “I’lug Ugly.” a nii.niher ol “Spike” Kelly's notorious gang ( ,f bandits. “Meggy” in her daily rounds of selling newspapers meets C.orpo lion I ley (George Larkin). a prosperous young lawyer, who In-conies ereatlv interested in till' little tiewsie. mid it. is here that the love interest starts. A (f.e/ette. Comedy, and the seiial “Iliirrieant* Hutch” completes n line programme.