AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

YOG CAN'T GET AWAY WITH PI —WEDNESDAY.

Oil Wednesday at tlio Princess Theatre, William Pax presents Gouvenieur .Morris' famous .story " You Can't Get away With It.” Recognised as one of tl'a* most tn lon toil fiction writers of tlm moilern school, Oouvornoiir .Morris has

i! long list, of remarkuhlo novels ami short, stories to his credit. Among them are “ The Pagan's Progress.”

Yellow Men and Gold." 'The Goddess.” •• The Seven Darlings,” “ You Can't Get Away With It.” and many others. Wherever fiction is read. Gottverncur .Morris L known and admired. In '• You Can't Get Away Witfi It,” he has written a story which immediately appeals to every man and woman and which becomes an idea! picture to arouse public intorosi everywhere. On Thursday next the Stoll super-produc-tion of “ Dick Turpin’s Hide to York” presents Dick Turpin in the guise of a, hero as well as highwayman, and converts the famous ride into a thrilling attempt to rescue a beauteous damsel in distress, as well as an effort to ostape the How Street Runners. Consequently, here is a picture that niusl inc itebly lire ihe blood and eotnin.u.d 'he admiration of everyone who .:e- s it, yi nils; or old, male or female, it accent nates the gallantry ami bravery of Dick: il discards almost entirely the more sordid details of his career. He is an outlawed gentleman, rather than a thief, and for one'- in ihe way, law and order become, so to speak, the villains rif the piece. The picture is lull of thrills, full of breathless interest, full of that full-blooded romance of Old Png in ml. to which every human heart so readily responds. .Matheson Lang, one of the most popular actors the stage and screen have known, makes a magnificent Dick Turpin, and brings, out all the daring and resourcefulness of that character. Isobel Klsom, ns the sweet hut harassed heroine, makes all Dick's efforts well worth while. Altogether, ” Dick Turpin’s Hide to York ” is tin exquisite romance of Old England, and one of the tinest British pictures ever put on the .screen.