AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

!;YERYF.Oa\v‘: PICTURES. NOR M A T.\ LM.A Df; !•: TO-NIGHT shipwreck scenes which for thrilling r<-:i!i ~m s:ii■ 11 :is anything over offered as screen entertainment form the ‘•active jiunt'h" of Nonna Talmadge's Int-o-t jiliotndiaina, ■'The (inly Woman." 'lvy form. also, the connecting link drawing ,\i>nr;i anil Eugene (I'llrien. :.cr leading man. together finally in a tender love theme. The plot called for Norma to marry a man site loathed in order to sate her lather trout financial ruin. She does so amidst a beautiful wedding .scrim, and then the couple set forth on a yachting honeymoon. The luxurious yacht "Sultana." once owned hv the late E. 11. Harrimnn, railroad magnate, was chartered lor filming the honeymoon. It was intended that the yneiit should run into a storm off the Calilornia coast for an awakening of their mutual love. For mote than two mouths. Director Sidney 01i itf hid the beautiful vessel anchored idf Catalina Island, about (illy miles out from I,os Angeles. His order was that he he wirelessed immediately the first big si|tiall blew up. At 8 o'clock one night Olcolt got his message. By mid-night he :md the movie company, including Mi-s Talmadge, were aboard the yacht, and eight cameras were lasiiei] to t'-.e decks and trained I'm the action. As the action proceeded under the light id dozens ol greenishhued mercury lights. Ihe sea rose in mountainous waves, over the deems ol the small vessel. Olcolt. brought the boat in as close as possible to the rocks of I lie Catalina for safet y. Imt a heavy sea carried the ship in ten close. One huge comber carried her up on the rocks, even in Norma. O’Jlricn and the balance of the cast continued work, and it was by the barest good luck that thev all got safely to shore before

she began to go to pieces and later sunk. "The Only 'Woman” was prodined by Joseph M. Fehrltek 011(1 will lie First National's ottering at the ITmeess Theatre this evening. Jack Dempsey, the World's Champion boxer will also appear in another of the " Fight and Win ” series. Further chapters of the “Ghost City” and "The Fast Express” will also he shown.