AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

■<> SWcLEAN'S PICTURES.

‘•TEN NIGHT'S IN A BAK-itOGAI.” TO-NIGHT. Not the least aUraclive feature of this great, picture, “Ten Nights in a Bar-room." is the fact that ihe longer we are away from the scenes and incidents described in the original novel and shown in tho original play and now brought, before our eyes in the picture, the more extraordinary and sensational they appear. The history of the world shows that this condition of mind may not last and we may therefore, have recurrent the actual scenes of Ten Nights in a Bar room, as Mr Shaw says, “You never can 11<||,' ' Experienced showmen are predicting a screen success for it. mn smaller than that of most il not all of the so-called big pictures that have been brought lo the notice ol the pubic. Ii i- probably one ol the best acted pictures ever seen, as l lie principal characters are very earnest in their impersonations. John Lowell, a- Joe Morgan, and Baby Ivy Y\ ill'll, as the little girl that is killed and who goo lime and again lo the Shear ami Sickle Inn to rc.-eue her weakling Hither, are ron-pie'ioiis by iL-ir honest ness ami heart appeal. Probably P 7 p,. r cent, of ihe pictures produced during the past decade hav.' been forgotten. but l lie balance we ivter “> |„.|,mg to Die remaining throe PM Experienced motion PtcHU'e people are of the opinion that “Ten Niglils” is in this ehiss and that _ it will be shown again and again. Like 1 1,,. V erv successful Abraham Lincoln p|.,v recently bronchi betoiv the public' \on mu v safely look upon "lon Xml,',, ia a liui--ic.mil” as a ten-year play, oi rattier picture. As a crowlhouse is anticipated painms are .„| v jsrd to reserve their seats early. Usual prices. AlM.can's Supreme tra will render new selections.

MASTER PICTURES

“i-LU.OMY JANE" Td-NIGHT. S mm el the most, talented and wide-ly-known players on ihe micoi .<l'P l m Paramount ’s new picture. "Sulomy ,|. 11u ." Ai•'!ford production V, M .,i ~n the fan story by Brel which will he the feature al the Opera- House' l!:i- ''Veiling. Maurice Flynn. Yale Gminute and <01),.g0 ),.go athlete, takes the part, of "The Man," a stranger in the little mining whose mission in unknown and who in a scene of gripping O'agedy | K ,cumes the sweetheart ol Silomy .jmie. " The Alan," is accused of holding up the stage-coach and is about to lulled away to lie hanged by the A igi].mtes, when Kalomy Jane, moved b\ a strange impulse, kisses him good-bye. Pcd I’i-le proven to be one ol the liold- „„ K hanged, hut the stranger p.r In .•kindness, he meets an old enemy. Baldwin, in a tight, Baldwin is -.hot from ambush by another man. Salnmy lends the stranger some-of her f ill er's clothes that he may get out nf'tK.n country. Tin- lemL l.arabee. an ciicmv of Imr father’s to shmil at the Lara bee is killed by a bullet from the stranger's rill.--- As he dies he ~, ui•—* - - that Baldwin now dead,

was Red Pete’s partner in the stagecoach rot.here. The action is swift start, to finish. The supporting , ~si is excellent and includes such favourites as Charles Ogle, Louise DrcsM „- .James Neill and Clarence Burton.