AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

everybodys pictures.

“TfiE BROKEN WING”—TO-NIGIIT

I’ictnregocrs who are looking foi something different .should not fail tc risit the Princess Theatre to-nighl "here Preferred Pictures’ film version of “The Broken Wing,” one of the most success!ul Broadway jilays of recent- years, will he on view. ’The original stage piece by Paul Dickey and Charles \\ . Goddard obviously contained all the events necessary to good •'picture stuff” hut its producers have done what too few producers do—tin have made the most of every situation the manuscript offered and have reduced them to celluloid with every loot a thrill, a laugh, or a tear. An aeroplane flight servers as the keynote of the plot which takes an American aviator into Mexico. The subsequent crash when tlio wing breaks and i mechanician falls, furnishes a thrilling moment that few films have ever equalled. Our hero falls in the main room of a Mexican ranch house—a divert answer apparently to the pretty little I-atin maid’s prayer for a Gringo husband. Sidfering no ill effects from the accident beyond the total loss of Ids memory, the young American floats the local bandit terror to it by many, mg her, only to return and find his American wife, whose existence lie had forgotten, waiting to take him home. The satisfactory ending is roach

by a clover twist of the story, as original as it is unexpected. A good share of the picture’s success is contributed by the choice of players Director Tom Forman made in assembling hi.s cast. Kenneth Harlan as the aviator. is, of course, the centre of attraction with plenty of opportunity to prove that lie has acting ability in addition to more than generous allotment of good looks. Miriam Cooper who has been popular with the fans ever since her first screen appearance in

“The- Birth of a- Nation,” hero is the dashing little coquette who begins h; own wooing as soon as the handsome American comes through the roof. A two-reel < omedy and the latest in topi-i-als completes a fine programme. -Miss Williams’ Orchestra and usual prices "ill he charged.