Amusements.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1925, Page 1

Amusements.

PICTURE®.

A PARAMOUNT SPECIAL—TUESDAY.

Another glorious Paramount star,

Empty Hearts,” will be screened by McLeans on Tuesday, featuring John Bowcis, America’s beloved screen actor. It is another of those stories in which jazz-loving and hcctic-living folk provide tho main characters. The oldfasljioned people aro out-of-date in these modern times, and it is their own children that Toll them so. Truly there has been such a remarkable speedy transition in the modes of living, during the past decade, that there one is loft wondering just when tho pendulum is going to swing back, and so permit us to live much easier and better. The plot running through is subservient to a series of events, nevertheless it bolds together all right. When the old people take it into their heads to fight their ultra-modern (and likable) daughter at her own game, we see a remarkable change in both Mong (as tho father) and Betty Blytc (the mother, transformed from an old-fash-ioned woman to a lady of some importance!. The usual parasites of society aiv (n he found in this picture, and there are other modern of an inconsequential order who provide the necessnt'v atmosphere. The move sane people of fho east, which includes Bobcrt Ellis, ;i s the hero, brings file story to a very satisfactory conclusion. There is an excellent object lesson to bo found in this subject, and, on this account, if *s to be commended. A comedy, gazette, and travelogue will also bo shown Miss Jacobs will render appropriate selections in her usual accomplished stylo.