AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

McLEAN’S PIGTURES.

“GOD’S COUNTRY AND THE DAW” TO-NIGHT. MeTycaii's present to-night (Saturday) a. great east in “God’s Country and the ’Law”, with Gladys Leslie as the star. The story states I’oleon and his daug I '.- ter Oac-hi live a happy existence in the North woods. Nearby iilso blooms Mario, young wife of Andre. Over these two gardens of contentment looms ii sinister shadow, that of Dore. villainous whiskey runner. Dore believes in the charm of a rattlesnake’s tail he carries as an amulet. Escaping from the Xorth-west mounted Police he readies the clearing whereon ’L’olooii’s cabin i.s located. They give him the hospitality of their home. In returning Dole forces his insulting attentions upon. Oaclii. In the scuffle Dore loses his ugly amulet. ’Poleon crushes it beneath his heel. Shorn of his communion with Hie evil spirits. Dore is stricken with dismay. A great fear that anything may now lie-fall him comes over Dore. He wanders blindly tfirougli the forest, ever pursued bv his guilty conscience. He comes upon the cabin of Andre and Marie. Accepts their hospitality also and again tries his old tricks when Andre soundly thrashes hint and sends him on his way. Tic returns when Marie is ill and Andre away. He kidimps her and takes her with him to the forest. During a terrific storm Marie escapes. She is found the next day unconscious hy none other than Oachi. Oaehi takes her to their cabin. Fate likewise brings Dore stark mad. staggering into their little home. Believing thill all he sees .is an apparition. He falls dead in a spasm of fear. Andre finds Marie and learns that death has taken vengeaiiec. The picture contains some fine scenes of Imsh country. A Pathe Nov-s and Review and also a comedy “Jiggs in Society” will ho shown, with full Orchestral accompaniment. OPERA HOUSE. MONDAY NIGHT. A grand dance will be held. Music by Messrs Lawn and Gibbons. Supper provided. T UES DA Y—‘ ‘ THUNDER ING DAAVN.” Master Pictures present at the Opera (louse on Tuesday night ‘‘Thundering Dawn,” heralded as a stirring melodramatic thriller filled with romance and the clash of human emotions. It is understood to he based on the strong situation of a white man who has succumbed to the lure ol the tropics. This role, played by Kerrigan, who did such excellent work in “The Covered Wagon” and “The Girl of the Golden West,” is one said to cab from the actor every ounce of liis ability as a portrayer of human nature.

Once immersed ip the life of the .lava coast, he loses his self-respect mid stainiiia. lie becomes the sweetheart of Lullaby Lou. the most seductive 'tiger-woman 01. the Orient's un-der-world. Then Ins former fiancee, a refined gil l I rom .tie Slates, lands in Java to win him hack for civilization. Thus begins n struggle, between tho two women for the soul of the man. I r is complicated by other characters who seek to drag the fiancee into the tropic mire. Anna (,). Nilsson plays Hie role of l.he fiancee, and Wiuil’rel Bryson is Lullaby Lou. Tom Kanlschi and Richard Kean have strong character roles. F;uiselli is one oi the best know aefj oi‘s on the screen, while Kean is a newcomer to pictures, although he has a world-wide reputation as a Shakespearean actor. Others in the east arc Winter Il'all. Georgia Stantliorpe, Edward Burns, Charles Clary and Delbert Fortier. Harry Garson directed lhe ilift ure from n story hy Lenore Colly id John Goodrich. The storm effects were staged by Joseph Wright. ;i student of Steinmetz’s lightning researches. Music by Bonetti’s nrches-