AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

everyeodys pictures. “J’ON.JOLA” .MONDAY. A triple stiir programme will lie presented ;it the Princess Theatre on Monday next headed hv C'ynthia Stoek!e\ s famous masterpiece “I’onjoin," a •speeial two-reel comedy, and the popular serial “The Eagle's Talons.” .\ relined girl, a victim of eireinnslanees, decides that the world is not lor women, lint for men only. .Masquerading as a man she seeks to hide In-rself in Africa where she is thrown into the maelstrom of excitement, adventure a nil -—romance. This hrielly is the theme of “I’onjola,” a Sam E. Ilork-l-irst National picture, which comes to the Princess Theatre on Monday. “I’onjola'' is a vivid pietnrisation of Cynthia Stock ley’s famous masterpiece of South African gold held life, which proved a sensation in hook form promises to lie no less of a sen-

sation as a screen drama. It tells the story of an Kurdish noblewoman who is disguised as a man. lights the curse of “I’oniola,” the soul .destroying drink of (lie cold miners: lights for the man she loves and willingly oilers to sacrifice herself for the man hv standing trial for a murder which the man commits. In the role of ‘‘Desmond.’’ the "irl. Anna Q. Nilsson, will he seen in a part which critics declare is the greatest role of her whole stage or screen career, .lames Kirkwood enacts the part of the man. Everybody's orchestra will play a special programme for thi.-; "rand display and prices are as usual.

On Wednesday next William Fox presents St Klmo” from the novel by Augusta Kvalis. loved and read by three generations. On Thursday next a hi" Master Picture “Where the North Regius” will he screened.