AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBOBYS PICTURES.

“tiik tig hr rose”-~to.night

A \\ urner Bros classic of the screen “Tiger Hose” ami .starring Lenoie I Iric "ill lie the big attraction in Hokitika to-night. Miss Ulrie, who really rose to Llie pinnacle of her fame in the charaeteri.sation of the role of In' tile Hose, the wildcat child of the Northwest. when she- appeared in “Tiger Hose” on the legit mints? sta.ee, plays the same part in the pictnrisation of this niemorahlo play. In its original form, “Tiger Rose* continued to play to capacity audiences for two years on Broadway, and then it played at the principal (ities of tile Baited r-dates. The. play is peculiarly adapted for pimtepla.v production due ‘o its pel feci dramatic qualities, its magnificent scenic effects, the romarkahle personalities re(|uircd to bring the story and action to its thrilling climax. The acquisition of Tenure I'lrie to play the same part in the screen version that she played on the stage is a tremendous asset to the picture, as the entire production’ gains the advantage of her experience with the play liesides having a star of the very highest histrionic abilities, probably the most talented '' tress In the country. Tile support- . ast naturally is composed of some oFTlfe best known and highest salaried stars known to iilmdoni. In addition to Tenure I’lrie, they are Forrest Stanley, .Joseph Dowling, Andre Do Belan-

ger, Sam De Grasse and Theodore Von Bit/,. It is a ’Warner Brothers’ classic, directed by Sidney Franklin.

The plot is set in the Northwest, the country whore people are stripped of all pretense, where they dial with emotions in the manner of the clean and true—straightforwardly. In this country is horn Hose iiocion. “liger Hose” the offspring of an infidel father and a mother who had been a dancing girl in a concert hall. When a child she is deserted hv her parents and adopted by a Scotchman who brings tier up as his own child. I lor lile and adventures among a world of men lorms llie basis of the picture. On Thursday Wesley Barry (Freckles) will he seen in “The Country Kid."