AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

MCLEAN’S PICTURES. A DICK EX’S STOIIY, TUESDAY. McLean’s present at the Princess Theatre on Tuesday night “The Cricket on the Hearth,” with .Tosef Swicknrd and Fritzi Ridgeway. With these two artists in this nolewothy picturisation of Charles Dickens’ immortal story are Paul Ucrson. Virginia Brown Faire, Lorimer Johnson and others equally well-known and liked by the motion picture public. Perhaps the member of the east who made the greatest hie with the audience was the actor who took the role of John Peerybingle Jr. He kicked and squirmed and wriggled in a most engaging manner, and goodness only knows how he evaded the censor, for lie appeared before tile camera totally uiidraped. No, “The Cricket on the Hearth” is not a sex picture. It is just a very appealing love story filled with thrills and drama and sighs and smiles, and, best of all—Romance. 1 be supports include a Comedy and Pa the News. MASTER PICTURES. OPERA HOUSE. TUESDAY. DOROTHY DALTON,

The opening production of the Master Pictures at the Westland o|iera House will he the Paramount special "Fog-Bound.” Dorothy Dalton. Paramount picture star, has ridden horses down mounain sides, swam rivers and been shipwrecked at sea, but never lias she experienced such thrills as she did when wading in the swamps of Florida for scenes in her present picture “Fug Bound,” an Trvin Willat production, who also produced "On the High Seas.” that recent great success. “For ten days we wandered around in the swamps near west Palm Beach and all the time I was scared lo death lest I he bitten by a cotton-mouthed moccasin.” said Miss Dalton. “Talk about thrills. T had plenty of them. (scorpions and bugs of all kinds were around us and when just before we went to take the scenes T was told that two men had died only a few days before from poisonous snake bites, notably the cotton-month moccasins, T was almost afraid to lake a step for fear of stepping on one of the venomous reptiles. If one ever asks me what my most thrilling experience in making motion pictures was 1 shall tell them of my ten days in the Florida swamps.” Must of the “Fog Bound” scenes of which Miss Dalton speaks were taken along, l/ocahntehee River, twenty-two miles from west Palm Beach. 'J lie supports include a comedy and Burton Holmes travelogue. Popular prices.

the United Kingdom as radical reforms. The indications appear to point to substantial concessions in favour of the Dominions’ viewpoint. Mr Rowland Hall presided at the Imperial Rugby Conference in London. Representatives of Ihe four Home Bunions were present, together with Messrs S. Wilson and S. Dean (X.Z.). Dr Brown and Mr A. C. Wallace (N.S.WA, and Messrs V. Cartwright and R. Fitzgerald (South Africa). RADICAL ALTERATIONS. LONDON. December 13.

The “Daily Empress,commenting on the five hours’ Rughy Conference, suys: “The colourless communique •fives no idea of certain vital recommendations which aie to he' embodied in the report to the various unions. No explanation is given of this attitude of secrecy, hut it is understood that one of the reasons is that the llotne(representatives do not wish to make it public that proposals for radical alterations in the laws of the game, proposed by New Zealand and New South Wales were agreed to. While the Conference has not legislative power, probably its final opinions will sooner or later lie embodied in the laws. Tf the Home represenlatives have agreed that the laws should be altered it is difficult to understand their reluctance to make the fact public.” COMING (JAMES. LONDON, December 13.

The All Macks’ game against Hampshire will go a long way towards preparing them for their remaining London fixtures. RESULTS TO DATE. Following are tli6 results to date (with scores of 100.1 team for purposes of comparison) and matches to be played by the AH P,lacks: —

COMING MATCHES. Dec. 17--V. Hampshire at Portsmouth. Dec. ‘-T v. London Counties (second match). .lan. 3—ENGLAND (13-0-Jan. 11.—v. France, at Paris, dan. 18.—v. A. French fifteen at Toulouse.

1921. 1901. v. Devon 1]-- 0 .1.1—1 v. Cornwall ... 99—0 41-0 v. Somerset ... 9—0 23—0 v. Ciloin-ester ... 0—0 44-0 v. Swansea ... 99—3 4-3 v. Newport ••• 13—10 0-3 v. Leicester ... — 0 28—0 v. North Midlands 10—3 21-5 v. Cheshire ••• 18—5 Sf t—0 v. Durham ••• '13—7 10-3 v. Yorkshire ... '12—1 40—0 v. Lancashire ... 93—0 — v. Cuiiiherlaiid ...—11 —0 — v. Ireland ... 0—0 1.9—0 v. Ulster ... 93—G — v Northumberland 27—-1 31-0 v. Cambridge liny. 15—0 14-0 v London Counties 31 — G — v Oxford University 33—13 47-0 v. Cardiff ... 10—8 10-8 v. Wales ... 19—0 , 0—3 v. Llanelly ... 8—3 — v Last Midlands ... 31 —. — v Warwickshire ... 90—0 — v. United Services 3.1-3 —