AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

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'ROB !!UV" WEDNESDAY. Seoihmd has furnished many heroe'lit* annul- ol iicnautic adventure, da: n|- all at tlicill. Horn 1 lias cani'lrcil ihi' public imagination as Rob ih-.v .MacGregor, Highland Chief am! (): ‘t lav.-. Till' ,f Rob's hiril, is liiiciTiain. Imt tradition has assigned d 1,1 tin 1 imihlii' oi' tin- 17th Century. I li" ! imo , I hi- ili'atli i- a!-, UNI "I'talii. Iml a;:ain t radii inn -ay- tlial !a> su’i'- ' ivi 'l the tear IThor,' i.. a- a miil'ii'!' ii! lam. very littlo inluniial ini i-i.n. -'riitiiii the early ami tho late life "f thi- most la mi nis Mart uo. on- that i-vri' lived. l.n! till* }>r lll n■ oi his lilt.', the period oi his many ami daring ex-p-blits. has I'i'i'u so 11 i 1 1 iifi'si|in.*l 4 V and extensively record,', I in tradition. that ill" history of ii lia- become a ScnUslt epic with l"'.v rirals in the mat - ft' oi' i>o| it l l :>r appeal. Sir Walter I |a 11 ml l ari -i 1 I;,!. |{oy as the hero of a novel. since read by millions of people in the English speaking enunti'ies ot tlie world. Many dramatists have also eulogised the exploits of Ihe oni la'V in spoken pla v. On the iilm. ton. attempts have been made to pi<I nri.se i lie romance and valour of his career. Tile latest addition to Hob Roy liierat urn i- li e story based on ineidents in liis life, written by Alicia Hanisay. and recently tilmed with wonderful care in detail and aeeura,'. by the I I'aiimoni ('oinpany. hid. Keen sir Walter deott. with all liis powers of desi'ript ion. e"ulil not depin the fend hetwe'cn Holi liny and the Duke of Montrose over the heautiful Helen Campbell, as does this picture, lilmcd mi the natural-stage of tho original happenings. And a wonderful nietttre and a wonderful entei laimncut it i-! "The f I■:■'-1 City” serial ami a good eumeilv eompleie ih" programme for Wednesday. (),, Thm'-day next William S Marl v. ill make lo- reappea tam e in; the screen in a big western drama “Singer .1 im Mi Ki teemi n« uit !i in i ion. I'liniatne ami thrills a story ol the west as ii is to-day, patrons n ill wolimiii' ihe re'tpiioa ra m e of this line west el'n a, tor Xote— K very hi nix’s I'a Inn's -i leeii ihree complete programmes at the I Princess Theatre every week.