AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURES. “THY NAAIE IS AVOAIAN”—To-night. Tho story of to-night’s picture shows Redro the Fox, a weazened, old smuggler of the. Spanish Pyrenees, is married to the young and exotic-ally beautiful Guerita, who wedded him through pity and because of his ardent devotion to her. Captain Roderigo do Castclar, a prominent officer in the Spanish army and one of Pedro’s confederates, informs the Commandnute of his post, that Pedro is a smuggler when Guerita spurns his love. Juan Ricardo, a dashing young soldier of the post, loved by the Commandante’s daughter, Dolores, is commissioned to go to the smuggler’s cabin under the pretense of wanting his coat mended so as to make passionate love to Guerita and induces her to betray tlie hiding place of her husband's stolen goods. Boderigo forewarns the couple so that when Juan arrives at the cabin Guerita is prepared and makes advances to him. A little later Pedro arrives, and Juan leaves without finding any eontaband. Tlie soldier comes many times to the cabin drawn by the power of Gueritn’s growing love more than by the thought of getting evidence against her and Pedro. Pedro reaches home just as Guerita and Juan are departing. He begs bis wife for a farewell kiss. Pitying the old man, sho approaches him and in their last pathetic embrace, he stabs her. Juan is dazed; Pedro .succumbs to the shock and falls dead at Gueriia’s feet. Juan takes the girl's lileless body in his arms, still awe-stricken by it all. hut is rudely brought to liis senses, hours later, by an officer from the post sent to arrest him for having failed in his mission. Juan is brought: before the Commandante, who is about to sentence him to prison, when Dolores rushes into the room. She tells her father that lie. and he alone, is to blame; for it was he who placed .Tuan in a very uncompromising position. Tho father comes to see the matter in a lieu- light as a result of his daughter’s pleas. Ho pardons Juan, who seeks solace in the affections of Dolores. A superb supporting programme will be shown. AfeT,can's orchestra will render new and appropriate selections and usual prices will prevail. Saturday— Hurry C’arey in “Crashing Thru.”

MASTER PICTURES.

R E-OPEXI NO TO-NJ GHT. “THE KIl)” AND “HEART SPEC lAIJUST’ ’ —TO-NIG HT. At the Opera House to-night- the -Master Pictures resume their picture representation. The star pictures for to-night are “ The Kid ” and “ The Heart Specialist.” Jn tho “The Kid the picture that took him a year to make, and cost a million dollars worth of time, there are six reels of joy and comedy with a soul and occasionally a tear. Charlie does all the tilings you’ve never seen him do heiore, ajid tho greatest kid in the world is his partner! “ Tin.' Kid ” settles once and for all the question as to who is the greatest artist in the world. Chaplin dues the finest and most delicately shaded acting you ever saw anywhere, and for every .slap-stick furore, there is a classic, exquisite, scene. In “The Heart Specialist” Alary .Miles Al.intor is the heroine. Suppose you loiiud a handsome young returned soldier, heir to millions, wasting away under lake treatment of a- rascally doctor for ailments where arc imaginary? And suppose you were the romance dispenser from Ihe magazine columns ol a great daih newspaper. seal out In the editor to obtain a new angle on the subject of romance; wouldn’t you ieel like experimenting on him in an effort to bring hack his pep? AVell, that is the situation as presented hy Alary .Miles Alintcr in “The Heart Special-