AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

! EVERYCODYS PICTURES. “AIM-: YOU A FAILURE.” 70-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! ' Tin- must mijoynhlc story to come to " local screens lor some time is ‘'Are ' '.ou a Kailnre 1” tlie Preferred Picture • lirecteil liv Tom J-Tirillil 11 . W'llidl will l.e shown at the I’rineess Theatre to- „ night. 'I lie picture lives up to its name . «.l comedy drama hy containing in its i -even reels more laughs and tears than . we have experienced in any lilm this . season. <)ne wonders that the theme i wliieh holds such rare possibilities for • humor has never heen done heloie ■ ly. tile results of these start lint' - ads v.l.ieh make up tile pages of our ■ periodicals promising to make its all 1 hanlt presidents if we only subscribe to siicli and sttcli a correspotnlem •<■ eoar-e. lint ill addilion to its linelypointed humor. Director Forimtn has linilf np a series of dramatic situa- » t ions revolving around the lives of the inhabitants of a Inmhert own. Ami Imre again we ale given somethin" i worth looking at in some Mtrpnssimr scenes of the 1 imherlands. There is an excitin'" exhibition of “hurling” which. • for the henelit of onr readers, who ate not familiar with the term, we might explain is a mime prncliced hy lumberjacks wherein two opponents stand on a 100 anti by whirling il nmler their feel endeavour to upset each other. The story builds tip step by step until suddenly this pleasant little play is turned into one of the most breathless spectacles of the year. The aeiutility of the hla-ting of a 100 jam blockin'.: the river is a rousing sight that set' excitement at a. liipli pitch. Lloyd IltiL-hes proves a plausible. amusing hero. ALadgo Bellamy is eonvineiip.: as well as very beantifill. In watching “Are You a Failure;-'’ one’s mind reverts to Tom Forman's last picture. “Shadows.” Where his interpretation of Steele’s story was a somewhat sombre piece, here his light-hearted humor is put to tpe with a totally ' different. though no less believable story. -These two films are enough in themselves to make its want to see more of the work of this interestin': young director. A two-reel comedy and “Buffalo Rill’: (serial) will also he shown. Orchestral selections. Usual prices. cam HR'MJuwwi-HTMicvy