AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

; McLEAN’S PICTURES, 5 ■ i ‘■run -MVKTKi; lot's RIDI’.K.” 3 TO-NTO'MT. jj 10-niglit Me I .can's present •‘TIio jj Mysterious Jiidcr.” /alie Grey’s best | roller starring Chiire Adams and a liohort- Melxim. Tlic spectator must j conclude that the lie.it things jnay lie sn:d ol Claire Adams, the film star "ho plays “C'olumliiae.” .More than ever before -Miss Adams proves her ability a.s an emotional actress. Her -.vendor!til screen beauty and personal appeal, and her artistic taste, a.s it is expressed in the wearing of her clothes and hair, are especially apparent in 11 1 lie .Mysteri lIS II ider.” I Hell J fell t Made came face to face with the man who hud killed his wife There was an expression of horrible fear on the man who called himself Kd Smith. Two (lashes pierced the darkness; as Hell IJent. Made and Smith fired together, and then came the hand to hand death struggle which Zane Grey has pictnriscd with a realism that will turn your hlood to ice. I'till ore,'hosti a and supporting programme of comedy and gazette. ‘TIIK TO MW THAT FORGOT GOD.” MHDXK.SDA V. On M’ednesday evening will he presented the AVilliam Fox production ” I In* I own ’Chat Forgot God.” The locale o| tile story is just any small

American community where red-blood-ed loll; strive to get the most out of life. The characters are such as may bo found in any siuli community, not forgetting those elm meters which, in

their own ego, have dosed their eyes to the small kindnesses and have instead. sought to rule others through the small authority given them. fn I

Iho portrayal of tiio life* in this com-I inanity the screen drama points out clearly and vividly the gross errors of a people* content to believe alone in their own thoughts. The story tells of I a small Ikiv, left all orphan, who becomes the property of the village. Ibis mistreated, kicked about, and hast hut. one friend—a simple rustic—who at one time loved his mother. The time comes when the wrath of the Almighty is wrought mi this town in the form of a. Mood—and the orphan

hoy who has been taught to have faith I in his Clod, prays for the forgiveness of those who have sinned. The* flood scene is the’most realistic climax to a play I ever screened. Tt is said to have been produced at an immense cost, hut that the results have justified the expenditure. flood supporting programme and usual prices.