AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

TIUI’I.K .STAR PROIIRAMMI TO-NIGHT.

Picture patrons arc- in lor a treat, at tile Princess Theatre 10-nigfit when a grand triple star programme will ho presented headed hy a railed Artists’ Hit; Fond .Special “The Mark of Zorro” starring Douglas Fairbanks. This is undoubtedly Doubt’s greatest picture to date being lull of sensational incidents and plenty of no front start to finish. The second bio attraction in to-night's display will show the groat struggle of the turf, the memorable race between Gloaming and The Hawk which was run tit Hastings recently. Last but by no means least the .second chapter of “The Fast Express” starring William Duncan and Edith .Johnson. The irresistible attraction that the big hissing railroad engines have for every young reader, yet remains the foremost single attraction for one of America’s greatest authors, Courtney itylev t toper, author of “The Fast Express” feature chapter play which shows its episode to-night. As a mere child, the author recalled, he would edge his way to the brink of the steep blind' in Denver, and watch the powerful steam locomotives as they plied a hunt the freight and passenger yards beneath him. Incidentally, he remembers of the first movies, a blustering train dashing int oil station, which was the “spectacle” sensation a <|tiai'ter ol a centurv ago. Seldom does he write a. story, wilhout having some action centre about a railroad. In “’I lie fast Express,” which t'niversol considers its feature eliaplerplny of the past live years, Willi,•mi Duncan stars and also directs, gripping situations dash breathlessly from one gripping sequence to another. F.ditli .Johnson has the feminine lead.

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