AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBQDYS PICTURES. "Till; ROSE OK PARIS" - TOX JOI IT." What happened to Alit-i thi; joys, sorrows, <lis;i])|Kiiutrtu-nts and honor-, thill faimi into her life before she came to a solution ol h< r problems— Roes to make it fascinating screen story, ami the vehicle is "The Rose of Paris. ’’ I'll i versal—) ewol starring .May Philhin under direr [ion of Irvine Cummings, which comes to the Princess Them re to-night. "The Rose of Paris’’ is an adaption ol the famous Kuropean novel. "Alit-i." a I'Tcnch host seller written by a brother mid sister in collaboration tinder tile pen name of Dolly. Irvine: Cummings who directed Miss Philhin in "Fools Highway." ITiiverstil production which has been accorded wide acclaim by critics throughout the eonniry. is responsible for this production. The story tells of a girl just approaching womanhood, who has been 1111 inmate of a convent ever since the death of her mother, which was shortly after the child was h.iril. The mother had been disowned by her wealthy father because of her marriage, and on his death bed the father commissions his partner to find Ids daughter. Rose Dionc, famous French actress and beauty who won instantaneous neelaiin in this country by Iter work in •‘Drifting.” a ITiiversal lilm play of China, has one ol llm principal support ing roles in "The Rose of Paris.” Mine. l>ione was four years a. member ol Sarah Hernhardt’s company, and at one time owned her own theatre in Brussels. In "The Ko-r of Paris” she lias the role ol a keeper of a cafe frequented by Apaches; that of a woman ready to , oniinit iiiiv wrung to gain money, and in ibis desire to gain wealth she is prepared to saeriiiee an orphan girl, who really is heiress to a. Rival estate, to the cupidity of the man sent by tingirl's grandfather lo tind her mother. V Topical and Comedy complete the programme to-night- at usual prices. On Wednesday next popular 1 mil Mix will lie seen in his latest "Oh Von Ton v.’'