AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURES.

“ THE FORBIDDEN VALLEY.”

“The Forbidden Valley ” is the title of the feature screening a>t Princess Theatre this evening.' May .McCoy, as the daughter of an old Kentucky family living amidst warlike surroundings, is ably supported by Bruce Gordon. A feud is revived by a cowardly act of revenge which leaves the girl fatherless. Years later she is called upon to take the life of her lover, having been informed that he is a member of the opposing family. Rille in hand, she sets forth into the hills, and with careful aim tires at the man who had won her heart. She then learns the man was innocent, and a surprising chniax reveals the identity ol the last member of the lawless family. When the young surveyor, the advance guard of civilisation, pushed ahead into the valley he little new Unit romance and death reigned there. Romance came first in the form of a shy lily of the valley, but when she learned that the feud "f her fathers demanded his death she blindly set forth to kill. A strong supporting programme, consisting of a two-reel comedy Gazette, will also be shown. AlcLemrs Supreme Orchestra rentier appropriate selections. Usual prices will prevail. On Saturday, a thrilling six-act drama entitled “ Free Air will he screened. The great picture. 1 Souls for Sale.” MASTER PICTURES. TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT ! BETTY CAMPION IN CROOK ROLE.

To save thousands of men, women urn! children from a fate worse than death, a girl crook elects to aid a district, attorney in bis individual campaign, unsanetioued by autho aty, against a ring of malelactors. Betty Compson plays this role in a new I aiainouiit. picture, which is to he sereeued at |he Opera House t his Friday evening Stic was the most I tea ip 1 1 ill, most skilled. most daring crook the police vei had to cope with. Anil then she stole the (li-d. it t attorney’s heart, dueh is. Belle Compstin in “The Woman Milli Four Faces.” a melodrama tilled w.-lh thrills and heart throbs. Riehnitl Dix is the leading man. To bring to hook a ring of dope t I'atiiii kei s. men ol wail!' and pinvei'lul. the district idiom resigns his job mid gains tin* aid of a clever girl crook to open a safe which contains paper incriminating tjhesi- nefarious operators. She tells him there is hut one man who can do liio I rick, and he is in prison. An escape is effected by means nl an aeroplane. bill- tbo crook, believing ’-be district attorney is trying to win the girl’s love, refuses to aid Him. I ben they go after l be paper by different indies, ft is the centre ol a’ mad struggle for its possession and a series ol climaxes are piled on top of one another ere the attorney secures the ami sends tlie guilty one to prison. >" ■ ,u ' end, the girl, reformed, wins the love of the district attorney. Crook pictures may. come and crook pictures may .u, lull here’s one that will lne lm

(w'tT in your memory. (ojod supports, Hoiß'iti’s orchestra and usual prices.