AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. 'THE MAX ]• lif).\l BRODXEYS,”— THURSDAY. Romance {flitters anil lures in one of i Ik* finest motion pictures of adventure of tin- season. ■•Tlio Man From llrodiicy's," which will ho shown at the Princess Theatre on Thursday next. This special .Master Picture, based upon the famous novel of the same name by George lin it MeCnteheon. realistically depicts the story as originally written. All the breath of adventure of the Southern Seas, of savage natives. of erring husbands, of faithful wives and of a great. sympathetic love are contained in (hi- remarkable phutoplay. Lavishly done, "The .Man From lirodney’s’’ literally seizes all spectators and holds them I realhless with interest. A most thrilling and realistic presenlat ioti of a Mahometan rising again-; a handful of whiles on a small inland in the Indian Sens is screene 1 in ‘' li. • Man Troip I’.rodnev's,” with Warren Kerrigan once more in a hero role, ami dainty Alice Calhoun playing the par! ol I lie heroine. The play told of the extraordinary adventures of a votin'' lawyer sent oul In far .lapat to protect Ihe interests of the native population in some trouble arising from the will ot one of the white owner-, of the island. Now. it happened that the you lift man had once been in his country’s diplomat ic service, and had made a w"“)'ii! hash of things through sheer temperamental unsuitability. Conse(|Uontly he once again failed, when he found himself called upon to act as a go-between for a rather unscrupulous native leader and the house party of the white rulers of the island, whose lives he discovered were in peril. Matters were further complicated by the presence of a young lady visit or to the island, in the person ol Princess Gencvra, of Rapp-Thorberg, whom lie remembered meeting in rather stirring circumstances during hi' brief diploma! ie career. But the present situation called for direct action rather than diplomacy, so the athletic voting lawyer found much happiness in savin;' the princess and making her I urge t the minor troubles of the past. On Friday Hoot Gibson will appear in his latest Western Drama ‘‘The Riding Kid from Powder River,” also the second chapter of the new serial “The Steel Trail.” RETURN VISIT. WEDNESDAY NEXT. CARRY RICKS COY. The Capp.v Kicks Company have pleasure in announcing a return visit for one night only on Wednesday next of this favorite combination. The playgoers of Hokitika will no doubt welcome another opportunity of meeting that blustering, good-hearted old character. 11 Gappy Kicks,” created hv Peter B. Kyno. and known throughout Hie English-speaking world. The opportnnitv will lie given on Wednesday evening next at the Princess Theatre, when the “ Capp.v” Company will make a farewell appearance, for one night only. Mr Ward Lyons, who made -mil a favourable impression when the comedy was presented at Hokitika, will again he seen in (he part which lie lias 'made Ids own, and as ■■ Capp.v ” will he supported bv his .•iipahie company, including Miss Kallirvn Murie and Mr Herbert Slallard. Popular prices will he charged: Ts od :?s fid and ‘2s.