AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1925, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

McLEAM’S PICTURES. — "THE BROKEN fiATE’’—TUESDAY. Bessie Barriscale is to he .seen at the Princess Theatre oil Tuesday, appearing ■ M " I lie Broken (late,” a l lodkinsou production released through Selzniek Rietures. Aliss Barriscale has entrenched herself very (irmly in her hearts and minds of motion picture devotees, and her new releases are looked forward to with keen interest. “ The Broken (late ” is a screen adaption ul the novel of the same name by Emerson Hough. If has a strong and unusual theme, powerfully told in a big way. It is a story which might, lit any community, and its characters are real human beings whom you might meet anywhere. .Miss Barriscale is seen in a widei.v ditferent rule from any that she has thus far essayed, that of a sacrificing mother who has worked iiiii easingly for her only son. Only after he had received his Jiis,l degree a I nil lege noil see his mother for the first time in ni.-uiv years does he realise all that she has gone through with for his sake. And then, close upon this realisation entiles the (levasling knowledge that his father and mother were nv-gr married. How Be discovers which man in the town whetc Ihe \ In e I the mte nho wrong-d Ids mother so many years ago. and l.ow that mail is loreed through a ihani n! circumstances which l ate draws about him with all cvcr-ligld > d.ig hold l" make atonement, icok-s for screen cn--1 erl: liu 11 le ll L of the verv highest type Aliss Barriscale is support .ul iiv an admirable east. Aro.hl Gregg is sen as the soil. Marguerite de la Alntie as his sweetheart. Joseph Kilgour as the self-centered villain who treated the little mother so badly, and Sam De flrasse as the true-hearted splendid 111:111 who loved her through all the* | years. A strong supporting programme including a gazelle. a Iwo reel comedy will also lie screened. AleBean’s Supreme Orchestra will render the impropriate music and usual prices will prevail. Friday—-Milton Sills in “The Bast Hour.”

OPERA HOUSE. TC-NI GHT! TO-NIGHT! A grand dance will ho held. Alusie by Eonoili's Jazz Orchestra. Slipper provided. TUESDAY-—“ Til UNPERTXG DAWN.” Afaster Pictures present at the Opera House on Tuesday night “Thundering Dawn,” heralded as a stirring melodramalie thriller filled with romance and the clash of human emotions. It is understood to be based on tbe strong situation of a white man who has succumbed to the lure of the tropics. This role, played by Kerrigan, who did such excellent work in “The Covered Wagon” and “Tile Girl of the Golden West,” is one said to cab from the actor every ounce of his ability as a portrayer oT human nature.

Once immersed in the life of the Java coast, lie loses his self-respect and stamina. He becomes the sweetheart of Lullaby Lou, the most seductive 'tiger-woman of the Orient’s un-der-world. Then his former fiancee, a refined girl from ,he States, lands in Java to win him hack for civilization. Tims begins a struggle, between the two women for the soul of the mail. Tt is complicated by other characters who seek to drag the fiancee into the tropic mire.

Anna Q. Nilsson plays the role of the fiancee, and Winifrol Bryson is Lullaby Lou. Tom Santsc-lii and Richard Kean have strong character roles. Sansclii is one of the best know acttors on the screen, while Kean is a newcomer to pictures, although lie has a world-wide reputation as a Shakespearean actor. Others in the cast are Winter Hull, Georgia Stnnthorpe, Edward Rurns. Charles Clary and Herbert Fortier. Harry Gnrson directed the picture from a story hv Lcnore Coffee and John Goodrich. The storm effects were staged by Joseph AY right, a student of Steinmetz’s lightning researches. Alusie by Bonetti’s orchestra.