AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 October 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY?, PICTURES.

XDR .'I A TAI.MADG K—M 0N DAY. .'shipwreck scenes which for thrilling roiilism surpass anythin)' ever oifered us screen entertainment form the- "uc-ti\-e punch” of Xonnn Taltntulgo's lat(•'i pludodrainn. *• I lie Only Woman.” I hey form, nisi), the connecting link 'lr,swine Xnnen and Eugene O’llrion, ‘er lendi lie uniii. together filially in u tender love theme. The plot caller! for Xonnn to marry n man she loathed in order to save her father from financial ruin. Hie ilocs so amidst a beautiful wedding scene, and then the couple sol birth on a yachting honeymoon. The luxurious yacht ” Sultana.” once owned by the late K. 11. Marrimaii. railroad magnate, was chartered for filming the honeymoon. It was intended that the yacht should run into it storm oil the California coast for an awakening of their mutual love. For more than two months. Director Sidney 01rott had the beautiful vessel anchored oil' Catalina Island, about fifty miles out from l.os Angeles. 11 is order was that lie lie wirelessed immediately the lirst lug squall blew up. At s o’clock cue night Olcott got his message. By mid-night he and the movie company, including .Miss Talmadge, were aboard the yacht, and eight cameras were lashed to Ihe decks and trained for the action. As the action proceeded, under the light of dozens of greenishhiicd mercury lights, the sea rose in mountainous waves over the decks of the small vessel. Olcott brought the boat in as close as possible to the rocks of the Catalina for safely, hut a heavy sen carried the ship in too close. One huge comber carried her up on the recks, even as Norma. O'Brien and the balance of the cast continued work, and it was 1 1 v the barest good luck [hat they all got safely to shore before she began to go to pieces and Idler sunk. "The Onlv Woman” was prodtned lu- .Joseph M. Sb-henek and will ho First National's offering at ‘the I’rineess Theatre on Monday, .lack Dempsey, the World's Champion boxer will also appear in another of the ■Fight ami Win” series. Further chapters oi the ” Chest ( ity and The Fast Express ” will also he shown.