AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY?! PICTURES. AVII.LT AM FAUN I'M MONDAY. “The Man Who Fights Alone” due at the I’rinee.ss Theatre on ATonday next, is a production that .screen fans aren’t likely to forget in a hurry. Two years ago William Farnum was in New York. Tie read innumerable manuscripts. What he wanted for his next picture was something out of the ordinary- something that dug into the foundamental.s of life ami exposed it in all its nobility and all its frailty. Finally lie found it “The Miracle of Hate.” by 'William TJlaoko and .Tames Hamilton, and to-day tho story “The Man Who Fights Alone" is preserved on seven reels of film, wiili Farnum giving one of the finest performances of his career in the leading role. He portrays a mental giant among men—one whose habit of thinking for. striving for and suffering for others finally brings about his physical downfall. His mental tortures during that period and his ultimate recovery through love of his child form one of the strongest themes ever seen on the screen. Wallace Worsley directed the picture for Paramount. In William Farnum he had one of the great personalities of the screen with whom to work. Tie and Farnum have been close friends for over fifteen years, but this was the first time they bad worked together in pictures. Lois "Wilson baa the featured feminine lend. A good comedy and “Fight and Min” series will also be shown. On Wednesday and Thursday next a special First National “The Host World” taken from .Sir A. Conan Doyle’s famous novel will lie tlie big at ruction for two nights. On Friday next Babv Peggy will bo starred in her latest release entitled “Ca.pt. January.”