AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

McLEAN’S PICTURES. o* “THE BROKEN GATE"—TO-NIGIIT. Bessie Barriseale is to he seen at the Princess Theatre this evening appearing in ” The Broken Gate,” a Hodkinsou production released through Selzniek Pictures. Aliss Barriseale lias entrenched herself very firmly in her hearts and minds of motion pietu. - devotees, and her new releases are looked forward to with keen interest. “The Broken Gate” is a screen adaption of the novel of the same name by Emerson Hough. It 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 Barriseale is seen in a widely different role: from any that she has thus far essayed, that of.a sacrificing mother who has worked unceasingly for her only son. Only after lie had received his first degree at college and see liis mother for the first time in many years does lie realise all that she has gone through with for his sake. And then, close upon this realisation comes the demisting knowledge that his father and

mother were never married. How he discovers which man in the town where they live is the one who wronged Ill’s mother so many years ago, and how that man is forced through a chain of circumstances which Fate draws about him with an cver-tighte l'.ig hold to make atonement, uv-ik is for screen entertainment of the very highest type Miss Barriseale is support 3d by an admirable east. Arn.j’d Gregg is se> n as the son, .Marguerite de la Motto as little mother so badly, and Sam De Grasse as the true-hearted splendid man who loved her through all the years. A strong supporting programme including a gazette, a two reel comedy will also bo screened. McLean's Supreme Orchestra will render the appropriate music and usual prices will prevail. Friday-—Milton Sills in “The Last I lour.”

OPERA HOUSE. TO-N TO H T—“T HIT ND FILING DAWN.” Master Pictures present at the Opera House this evening “Thundering Dawn,” heralded as a stirring melodramatic thriller filled with romance and the clash of human emotions. It is understood to lie based on the strong situation of a white man who has succumbed to the lure of the tropics. This role, played hy Kerrigan, who did such excellent work in “The Covered Wagon” and “ Ihe Girl of the Golden West,” is one said to eah from the actor every ounce of' his ability as a portrayer of human nature.

Once immersed in the life of the Java const, he loses his self-respect and stamina. He becomes the sweetheart of Lullaby Lou, the. most seductive tiger-woman ol the Orient's un-dei'-wni'ld. Then his former fiancee, a refilled girl from the States, lands in Java to win him hack ior civilisation. Thus begins a. struggle, between the two women for the soul ol the mail, ft, is complicated hy other characters who seek to drag the fiancee into the tropic mire. Anna Q. Nilsson plays llie role of the |)a in or, and Winifred Bryson i> Lullaby Lou. Tom Kantschi and Richard Kean have strong character voles. Kaniseiii is one of the host known actors on tin' screen, while Kean is a newcomer to pictures, although lie has a world-wide reputation as a Shakespearian actor. Others in the cast are Winter flail, Georgia Stan thorpe, Edward Burns. Charles Clary and Herbert Fortier. Harry Garsnii directed the picture from a story by L'tioro Coffee and John Goodrich. The storm elfects were staged hy Joseph 'Wright-, a student of Stcinmetz’s lightning resea relies. Music by Bonetti’s oivliesi r:i. Tlie supports are a Century comedy “A Young Tenderfoot” and International News”.