AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EYERYaODYS PICTURES. TOAf AIIX WED.NFSDAY. f / ,f ;iif ,l "-‘ nr*taf»l<j pictures ill whicl fun Alix <ind liis inimitable womle horse, Tony, ever appeared none show ed their work to hotter advantage t hai ‘Tile 'I rouble Shooter,” the Fox offer which will be .shown on Wediiesdn.v next. Alix plays the part of i wire repairman for a. western powei com pa Daring scones follow one anotlier in rapid .succession and the story is replete with humor and romance. In the east, are such wellknown players as Kathleen Key. Afike Doiilin. former big league t>all player: Doi'toros Rous.se. and others equally popular.

On Th Nrs. lav nc \ i a Toni Forma produei ion entitled April Shower will he the hie ai i ruction starviiq Colleen Moore and Kenneth Harlan X‘> vamp or villi,all I These two char

aeters, so necessary to most screei stories, are absent in the wbeloonii story, in other words, the vamp am villain are out oi luck. True enough the lovable hi lie Irish heroine pot*, i rayed hy Colleen .Moore, tries to put a, vamp into the story by imagining one. "W lien the rich soeieiy girl, portrayed by beautiful Ruth Clifford, conus down to the slums to fry to make poor Irish folk happier. Maggie Miildunn (Colleen Mo ue) rou-e- herself io furious jealousy, for she is certain the Filth Avenue miss is point; to steal her sweetheart. Danny O’Rourke (Kenneth Tfarlan). fnnoeenl Danny’s only desire is to become a, pood policeinan like his Dud. and the society girl. with not the vnmpisli thought. is only helpinp him pass liis examinations for the force. .And there is no really true villain in this eiitertaiuiup pielure just sent out from the •Schulberg Sudios. The only character who could be accused t.f villainy D a, sportive dance-hall youth who so Hatters a mi.-s of the slums that she steals in order to satisfy a heart hungry for compliments. Tint, despite the absence of villain or vamp, you will find “April Showers” a. clean and delightful romance of Irish tenement house life. The east is a notable one for the roster of names includes Colleen Moore. Kenneth Harlan, Ruth Clifford Priscilla Homier and Afvrtle Vane.

The exclusive pictures of the fune■al of the Right Hon. \V. F. .Massey, icencs at Parliament House, proeexs-a-enes til praveside. the last post, will ilso be shown.