AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

S-YERYBODVr *MCTURES. Thai mix AM) VAUDEVILLE -TO-XIUIIT. j Zanr (.'rev, who wrote ihe .->ii j-i-iml; Western tale, •• Hie Last of the Hilaires. lire latest Fox prodltelion Marring loin Aliy, was horn in Zanesville, Ohio. His father was a backwoodsman, hunter and farmer in his .vniiili, later becoming a doctor. |[is mother was a direct descendant of the /ane.s. laniuiis on the frontier, who hail an Indian strain in their lineage. One til tile author's ancestors. (nloiie! I'.hene/.er Zaito held Fort llenr.v. now Wheeling. West Virginia, against the Indians for 20 years. Ilecause of his services in withstanding two seizes of th.' iiriiish. Colonel Zane reeeived front 0.-in-ra! Washington a grant of 10.000 !‘l:e Colonel founded Wheeling. Mailin'-: Ferry. Xanosville and several other iowns. Xane Grey went to the I niversity id Pennsylvania and played ha-ahadl on the college leant. He was a member of the Orange Athletic (Tub Hi .New Jersey. Later lie played proles.sl.oi.il baseball with Newark of the l.iistei II League. This writer of Woslern life has hunted and fished across the loiitiuem. in Canada. .Mexico and Central America. He has followed the paths oi the old plainsmen, camped close by t!:e trails of buffalo and wild horses a:id bunked with cowboys on the roundup. By bis ancestry and hv Iris ex neiuonoe Xane (tree Ts qualified to write of the old West. His word pictures have the convincing reality that routes only friitn actual knowI I ‘d;.o •. lie hits the art. of ti'lliii •£ a

'-lory forcefully, t hnilingly. The tilediiim o! the screen adds to (trey’s skill a preater scope oi’ vision which 1 eight-rn-i I Ire realism. Tom Mix born to the saddle, portrays the leading character in I In- him version of "The Last, of the Duanes." lb- is not an actor imitation a eoy.bnv. lint a cowboy going thri.o J, a role that la- has lived all 'is 111,-. This nimbi 11:11 ion of author, star and story doe much toward making the pltotodrania one of centime

enterl ainnient. Tin- Prioress Theatre nil! show “The Last of the Duanes,” fo-niyln . Playing opposite Tout Mix is the dellyi,i fill Marian Nixon. Ih-r Iris’,. ■.i<lll:■ 11; beauty adds greatly in l I;.- i • !!-:■ ■•: ie eiemeu l of tin- pil 111 IV. I lew it e.dng smiles and dimples, hashing simplicity of manner, till of them are .Marian’s. Hut she is generous with her charms and those who see her in this |'o\ production will be doubly gra; iliod —hv Tom's breezy perforntann- and b'y .Marian’s airy vision, hi addition to the usual programme the ina an . emi-nt is proud to announce the special personal appearance of I''rank A. Dr'ioie, vaudeville’s jollies! entertain 1 end premier exeeutaul on the HaX'iplione and Spanish Harp Cuitar. Direel trout record Euiop'-uu and Antr.diaii four, A royal command arli-l. Mr Dcunie unnoarod will) th.e ’ Royal '■southern Singers ” lie lore Ills Majesty e i I’m kiuef am Pal:,.-,-. London, and v. as .peoie.llv eiiva;-c,! in I’ne.land In tie ■■ -ii I, the Tivoli ( Tn-u't . A nm el enter-lamer. Prices to-niuli! arc: • (jii |e stalls I- I'd. child re a ltd. (online Wednesday and Thursday next : ' ’Tile Ten ('nlnina ndnicut