AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

MCLEAN’S PICTURES.

‘OTHER WOMEN’S CLOTHES.” TUESDAY.

A new Hugo Bnllin production “ Other Women’s Clothes,” which comes to Princess Theatre 011 Tuesday evening, has that elusive something known as “ atmosphere.” It abounds in pretty women in lovely clothes. Mabel Balliu ,Raymond Bloomer, and Crawford Kent are the featured players. 'The synopsis of the story -i., Jacqueline bee and her pals, Ellen and Bessie are employed as models hy a fashionable modiste after returning to New York from an unsuccessful trip with a theatrical company. Ellen is delicate and in need of a change of climate, but lack of funds makes this impossible. Later she meets Barker Garrison, the extremely wealthy nephew of Mrs Moiitavne who is immediately attracted by the girl’s air of refinement, and after discovering that she is not well off discusses with his friend Ilii|K*rt Lewis the advisability of anonymously placing a large sum of money at Jacqueline’s disposal. This is accomplished through his solicitor, the girl being given to understand that- she has inherited the money from an old lady customer at tho fashion store, since dead.

With her sudden acquisition of wealth Jacqueline rents and furnishes a beautiful house, and lives in sumptuous style, buying expensive clothes that she has so often longed for. Then Garrison learns of Jacequeline retaining his pocket hook, and when later on he is drunk, he drinks to the health of “the old lady who made this party possible, Barker Garrison.” Alter tho sensation caused hy this utterance, Jacqueline demands of Barker the explanation of Lewis’ remarks and learns the true facts, that he has done this to help her, but she gives up the house, money and everything, and disappears. Barker, with love in his heart, searches for her over three parts of the world and his subsequent adventures before ultimately finding her, form a thrilling portion of the picture. A strong supporting programme will support this glorious star, and the orchestra will render the incidental music.

Friday, May McEvoy in “ The Forbidden Valley,” a seven act magnificent picture drama.

MASTER PICTURES. “THE BACK TRAIL’’—TUESDAY. Persons who like picture stories of the rapidly moving life of the Western ciattle (country accompanied by a ;)lot that is entirely plausible will find line entertainment at the Westland Opera House on Tuesday night, where “The Black Trial,” latest Universal picture with Jack Hoxic in the star part, is to be screened. The picture starts off rapidly and moves rapidly throughout to a dramatic conclusion. Sccnieally, this is one of Hoxie’s finest productions. A battle bewteeu cattle rustlers and a sheriff’s posse, a run-away stage coach team, a drunken man shooting up a cow town, vigorous scenes in the picture, which, however, is not all of this variety, for there is a charming love elnient. and an atonement lor wrong done to appeal to the more subtle emotions. The story is that of a man who is convinced by a plotter that ho lias been guilty of crimes that have caused his father to die of a broken heart, leaving his wealth to an adopted daughter. At the plotter’s insistence this man consents to try and gain a son’s share of this estate. They first visit the executor, who is convinced that the story of lost mem ory is Inn*. At the ranch it is learned that the foreman has designs on the girl and the estate, and the plot instigators decide that they will take tho side of the girl. Through the story, from the start, moves a tramp, who manages to frustrate several attempts on the part of tho ranch foreman. Dying as the result of a duel in which ho had killed the foreman, the tramp discloses that he is the man who committed the crimes, and that in a trench in France he changed identification tags with the man whose lost memory has made him a factor in tho situation. Eugenia Gilbert lias the leading feminine role, and others prominently east are Claude Payton, William Lester, Alton Stone. William McCall, George Connors and Pat Harmon. Clillojd Smith, who directed Hoxic in “Ridgeway of Montana.” directed “The Back Trail,” which is entertaining because of its photographic excellence as well ns hv reason of the gripping story.