AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES,

“TIIK FI.FYFNTI I IIOl'Il.” TO-NIGHT! to-nighti ’.lheatrc patrons in mimln'rlcss thou>ands have admired and applauded l>ol!i tin- nerve and skill displayed by Oliarles dunes, noted Join star, in tlie -eii'atiunal pietnre. “The Fast .Mail” and it seemed the limit of human audacity had been reaehedin that highly sneees.slnl photoplay. lint in “The I'.leveiith Hour,’’ which opens at. the Princess Theatre to-night. the new Fox production made from another of l.ineoln d. Carter’s stage “thrillers.” where in .Mr Jones and Shirley .Mason, also a William Fox luminary, are co-star-red. the script demands that hath Jones and .Mi.ss .Mason put their old records completely in the shade. Proh.ohlv never hefore in the history of the screen have picture stars heen called upon to undertake so wide a variety of achievement in hicath-lakiiig. pulsestart itig deeds of daring. .A good support ing programme will also Ik 1 shown. On Thursday a special First National entitled “Are You a Failure?” will he presented. I’-. I’. iSehiilberg. head irf the organisation that filmed this A! r.iehtman attraction, is to he congratulated on the extraordinarily well selected caste lu l gathered for this pictun 1 . I.ittle Madge Bellamy. as the lumberman’s daughter, wins her audience with her first demure smile from tin l screen; l.lnyd Hitches is the handsome youth who—hut that would he telling. Tom Kunlsehi reveals himself as a far more accomplished actor in this picture than ever was suggested h.v the thrillers in which hi' formerly has been seen, while Hardee Kirkland. Jane l\eckley and llallam Cooley, all are o(|iiall.v well cast. The story is an original from the pen of that versatile writer. I.arry Evans. Tts unusual success lies in the fact that everybody, from Director Forman down to the lowliest, extra, seems to have absorbed Hie spirit of the unusual story and aided in Idlin'; it on tin 1 screen—a feat, that has been accomplished with the aid of a series of truly remarkable photographic cll’eels.