AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. “TilE SKA HAWK.” AI.SO—ALL BLACKS V. WALKS .MATCH. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! Continuing its policy of presenting to the local pictnregoors the biggest, of cinematic productions, K very body’s I’ictnros has pleasure in presenting frank Lloyd’s First National Picture,

“The Sea Hank,” adapted front the best seller by Rafael Sahatini. author of “Scaraniouehe.” and regarded by critics and producers as the greatest sea story ever brought to the silver sheet. Dealing with a spectacular romance and the piracy of the late Sixteenth Century, Knglish, Spanish and .Moors, “The Sea J lawk” is reputed to possess an extraordinary amount of thrilling incidents, red-blooded action and tender romance amid many quaint and massive settings and in the hands of the producer of “Ashes of Vengeance.” “Los Miserables.” “Black Oxen” and “.Madame X,” the Sahatini narrative is said to have lost none of its highly entertaining drama, hut rather to have I ►can greatly enhanced in its adaption to the screen. The transfer of Hr Sabalini’s epic to the screen has made necessary the expenditure of £800,IKK), the building of a fleet of four mammoth sea craft of the Sixteenth Century, £2O. COO in wardrobe and the use of over a thousand men in some of the brilliant naval combats.; yet critic; .state “The Sea Hawk” is bigger than just the investment which has made it possible, indeed one of the truly great master-pictures of the films, with thrilfing action and big situations to make each succeeding reel more fascinating than its predecessor. Milton Sills plays the dual character of Sir Oliver Tliessilinn and Sakd-el-Bahr, the hawk of the sea, and Enid Bennett is seen as

his fiancee. Rosamund Godolphin. Llovd Hughes assumes a character part for the first time in his meteoric screen career, playing Lionel, Oliver’s brother, and Wallace Beery essays the role of Jasper Leigh, renegade, ■who kidnaps Oliver from England and Liter returns with him as his faithful limit. Frank Currier, Marc McDermott, Wallace McDonald, Mine. Medea Radzina, Kathleen Key, Lionel Bel more, Claire du Brey, Fred do Silva, Hector V. Sarno, Bobbie Boldear, Christine Moult. Albert Frisco. Kate Price and Louis Alirrison aro others prominent in the big cast. .Miss Williams’ orchestra will play the incidental score for this wonder picture and the prices are; Circle 2s, stalls Is Gd. The All Blacks v. Wales match will he shown this evening.