AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. DOL'JJI.H .STAR, T()-\I(!IIT. I here would ho nothing startling in ■'< Tom Mix picture which showed the popular Him star breaking wild I lorscs, or shooting wilder outlaws, hut when ho appear, as a shoe; clerk, it’s difi'er-<-‘iit. In “.Soft BnTled,” his latest production. released by William Fox, which comes to the Princess Theatre t u-n igh t, Mix attempts to lit slippers l; n a gi;l much as he would shoe a horse. If they don't lit. drive ’em on. •‘Coins to have boon his motto. lie dolls Ins familiar sombrero for a delicate little creation that was marked down from -ikl. IS. And he wears spats. Incidentally, he also wears horn rimmed spectacles and a grey checkered suit, with ls_dl bottom trousers. Get a lunch out of that! The nature does not leave him in such a predicament though, lor presently. Mix wets an opportunity to -how what he really is beneath the sad exterior and he swings into the fray with all his old abandon. “Soft I’.oiled" is the first Mix picture in which the clever star ever was east in a straight comedy role, and it gives him it new opportunity of which he lakes full advantage. Billie Dove plays the girl part and a capable cast assists. In fact, it is such a capable cast that not one member spoiled the picture h.v laughing at the wrong moment when Mix came on the set. The second big six-reel feature tonight is a Fnited Artists’ special, entitled “Paddy the Next Best Thing” starring Mae Marsh and an all-star cast. The prices for this evening's big display will he circle 2s, stalls Is (Id. children (id. On Thursday the big Paramount production “Burning Sands” the setpio] to “The Sheik” will ho shown for one night only, with Wanda llawlev and Milton Sills in the leading roles. liiiUHi ii inn in 111 i n ~ i