AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

SVERYSODYC PICTURES. lit < K JONES—WEDNIfSDAY. "Tin' Cowboy Houdini ” is a new sobriquet to which Buck Jones coulil | honestly lay claim alter his amazing performance in "The Desert Outlaw,” 1 1 i - m.'we .it William Fox starring vehicle. which comes to the Princess Theatre on Wednesday. Buck lor the first time attempts. and gels away with, a super-stunt which he might will challenge I loudini, the world-la mod liamleiill' king, 10 <lnplicate. Double-crossed by the lovely but desperate girl he hassured Irom a run-awav stage coach. Ilm-k Jones, as .'•'am l.angdon, pruspeetor hero, mounted on hi.s horse ‘‘Sil-o-r.'' and haudi-ull'ed is in the hands ol the Sheriff. The charge is highway robbery and murder. The howling mob went- to lynch him. Still handcuffed. Duel; charges the Sheriff and mob, and breaks through. Still handcuffed, he leaps from his horse to the last ear of a moving train. Still handcuffed, lie crawls under the car and perches precariously oil a brake-beam. There he frees himself from, the handcuffs by bolding them against the larwhoel till I hey're cut in two. Alter this exploit. Duel; Jones must rank as the " hundeulf king of the cowboys.” with d:t-. er*-dit to hi.s wonder horse *■ Silver ” through whose intelligent co-op-eration aloii.- lids must novel, ingenious and daring stunt was nn-.-.b- possible. On rher-dav next a grand vaudeville and picture programme will he presenled beaded by a William Fox super special, starring Tom .Mix and his wonder horse Tony in " The l.ast of the Duanes,’’ specially taken from Zone Drey's famous story of the ,-ame name. In addition io (hi- usual programme .flu- management is proud to announce tie 0-- ial is-i'-onal appearam c ol Frank A. Dennie in fifteen minutes of Music. .Mirth and .Melody. Vaudeville's jelliesi entertainer ami premier executant on the Saxophone and Spanish Harp (iiiilnr. Direct Irom record V.iiropean and Distrnlinn four. azanarxmua