AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

A CAPITAL PUOUKAMME. There was a good house at the l’rineess TJieatrc last night when a diversified programme of pictures and vaudeville was put on. The picture programme was one of the best, the star item being a very pretty story with a bright juvenile in the lead. Jt was a story with a moral for old and young, which might have been founded on the text. “And a little child shall lead them.” In the vaudeville section, Mr Denny D’Alnia and his trio of clever dogs was one of the best turns seen on the local boards. Mr D’Alnia performs first on stilts, and does some amusing feats. Bit his best turn is in conjunction with his wonderful dogs. The acrobatic feats performed by the performers is surprising. The dogs are most humanely trained, and all kiddies who love dogs should not fail to see the present remarkable trio of trained dogs. The boxing episode by the dogs is intensely human, and altogether the turn was a great delight to the audience. TO-NICHT. TV Alma and the dogs will appear tonight, and their presence will account for a bumper house, the fame of the performance having gone abroad already. The picture programme is also a very attractive one. Here’s a British racing drama with plenty of thrills, a rattling good story, and a novelty in colour photography. In “Stable Companions” the Master Picture there are two exciting ra< es, one a stceplchn.se stunner. As for the story', you will find it absorbing. AVhen two determined young men are rival heirs to their uncle’s fortune, and both belong to the racing fraternity, it is certain that thine arc going to happen. Tt is the uncle himself who finds a solution to the problem. and proves who will he the worthier successor. Colour phonography is used lor the first time in a ra i' picture, and instead of a more glimpse of the horses Hashing by you can pick your winner and follow him from start to the winning post, hv the coloured silken jackets of the jockeys. The supports comprise a great comedy, harry Semon ia “The Barnyard,” and the serial “Buffalo Bill.”