AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

" CAPPY RICKS.” CANCELLED. Owing Ui the weather the ” Cappy Kicks ” Company return visit to Hokitiku to-night has been cancelled. PICTURES TO-NIGHT. The usual Wednesday night picture programme will now lie shown to-night. EVERYBODYS PICTURES. • 111 Id .MAN FROM BKODXF.YS ” —Til UKSDAY. George Karr M'Cuteheon's novel. " The Man From Brodney’s,” gave lovers of adventurous fiction many a thrill when it was first published. As usually happens to a good seller, this romante lots been translated into a film play. J. AVarren Kerrigan, the bandsome hero of “.The Covered AViiggon,” has the role of "The Man From Brodney’s.” To realise the feelings of a white man and a white woman harried and chased for one whole day and night by hordes of raging Mohammedans intent on exterminating the “ infidels.” see "The .Man Frum Brodneys.” at the Princess Theatre on Thursday and place yourselves in the position of your old friend Warren Kerrigan and the timid and dainty Alice C'arhoun. The events in the play take place on the little island of Japat. where a. young lawyer is sent hy his firm to safeguard the interests of toll natives in some trouble arising from the will of one of the owners of the island. But there he finds things complicated by the presence of a harmless young lady visitor who happens to he a princess of an obscure inid-Kuro-pean kingdom, and in two acts finds himself involved, through no fault, of his own. in a most strenuous and oxeitiug campaign against I lie interests of his unfortunate clients. However. Cupid will he seen to lake a very high hand in the matter at the finish, and settle things in a way quite satisfactory to the audience, anyway. tin Friday noxl Hoot Gibson will lie seen in his latest Western drama ‘‘The Killing Kid From Powder "River," and the second chapter of “The Steel Trail” will also he shown.