AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVEIIYBODYS PICTURES.

‘ I'illv BR MAT] I LESS AlO-MENT”— U'EDNESDa v. 'T never did go in j„ r (..n.stnrd pie in <.inu«ly!” So averred William Dc.sinoml. .stnr of rnivcr.sni’.s ‘•The Breath. less Alomenl. ’ n. crook-comedy drama, v, hicli ( nines next Wednesday to the I'nnccss Tlieatrc. There me several len.snns Inr the remark, arising nnt of nn e;;i.suile in which tie- .star's feet mill tne pride ni the bakeshop mingle. And l>ili Desmond is still Junkin'; for re- ' il he ever finds the 'culprit who put that pie in his hed. It happened • In: i 1 1«. the filinin;; of the hospital scene in :the play. Desmond, .playing the V1(til " "I' an explosion, entered the neat int in the hospital ward constructed on the lug stage—then leaped oat v. ill, a shout of mingled surprise and rage. A mass of beautiful yellow ' "staid clung to his feet! 'Hubert Hill ihe director, recovered from his sur-pi'-v, ( limed the angry star and .startl'd an investigation. Xnno of the property men knew anything about it. II was rumoured that Lew Cody, a. particular Irieiul of I (esmond's, who was visiting the set, was seen consulting an assistant ‘‘prop’’ man shortly before the .scene was taken. Others in the crook drama arc Charlotte Merriam. Albert Hart, Kate l.ester, Joseph \Y. Girard, Albert Fisher, Margaret Cullington and llarry Van Meter. On Thursday a grand double star display will be presented beaded by a Western storv ‘•Pioneer Trails" starring Cullen Landis and Alice Calhoun, a picture (piite as good as "The Covered A\ agon”. 'lhe second big production of tonr reels presents Charlie Chaplin in his latest big success "The Pilgrim". Tt is Chaplin’s latest Master Picture —a genuine funuyhone tickler—the essence of real comedy.