AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

everyeodys pictures. “KENTUCKY WAYS” WEDNESDAY. ni , lsi ; !l nlHnys can be pended upon t» portray a two-fisted, mi blooded Ilian in ins screen producripens at the Princess Theatre on Wednesday, William Pox lias given this •“Kn a character that tits iii.s personality more accurately and with greater eliecl. than almost any other he has .eeii, in. It combines colorful romance, Southern chivalry and the indomitable spit it that prevailed in ’l9 when men ot courage blazed the trail of love and hu tune to the mysterious West and r.agi red everything on the outcome', I lie picture represents the most glorious page in America’s history. John Lm-kner, played by Mr |*'arimm, is a young southerner, wlm has won the hand of p.lizubeth (,'layboriie, a bcautilul Kentucky hello, Gordon Carter a distant t'Otisin. was a rival suitor wlio.se scruples did not inieiTere with his methods. Iluokner brings his bride home and. because of liiiancial reverses finds it necessary to join the California gold rush, leaving a. heart broken girl "with his mother. .Months pass, and Carter, taking advantage of Buckner’s absence, tries to force his attentions upon Elizabeth, telling her that Buckner must be dead or she would have board from him. She yields and Buckner’s mother, perceiving the infidelity, dies ot remorse. The husband returns, his fortune won, only to find his wife in tin' arms of his cousin. Enraged, he engaged Carter in a duel and kills him. Then lie burns down the homestead in a lit of vengeance and hits the

r-nil again. He takes his wife with hi.ni, hoping to punish her hy inflicting upon her the hardships through which he has passed. Subsequently developments make the picture one of continuous interest and work to a tremendous climax. Margaret Fielding, who played “Mabel” in “If Winter Comes” essays the feminine, lead opposite Farinim. Others of note in the east are Bruce Gordon. as Gordon Carter, the cousin, and William I’, de Yatill. The picture is directed by David Solomon from a scenario by Dorothy Yost. John Lynch wrote the storv.

On Thursday a big Muster Diet are featuring Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix in “The Glorious Fool” and further chapters of “The Leather Rushers.”