AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

DENIS KF/HOE DR ASIATIC COY. “THE INTRUDER”—WEDNESDAY. As announced by 3Mr Denis Kehoe on Saturday night, the Company will make one further appearance at the Princess Theatre on Wednesday evening. when abandoning the frills and furbelows of the Georgian period, Denis Kehoe presents “The Intruder” by Ralph Kettering, a comedy drama from the Century Theatre, New York, where it enjoyed a. long run last season. Henry Gilsoy. a lender of big business, has sent his somewhat feather brained brother-in-law, Peter Crnndell. to a far thing outpost of civilisation called Pocatello, with tho idea that it may either cure him of his fascination for the bright lights or kill him altogether. This latter it would have done, if it were not for the ministering angel tactics of Katie, the manicure girl attached to tho hotel. She nurses Peter back t,o convalescence and incidentally falls in love with him. Peter, thinking he is about to make a sorrowful exit from this life, and wishing to pav her a delicate compliment pronoses. is accepted and marries her. Sea reel v has he done so, when he is spirited hack East to Dr Barlow, the family nerve specialist of the female side of the Oilsev family. Katie follows and arrives simultaneously, presenting herself to an agonised Airs Gilsoy and family. Henry, the man of affairs, is summoned, and promptly decides that the “young person” will he amenable to the cheque-book treatment. Being met with a tornado of protest, ho revises his opinion of Katie and decides on a novel course of action. Katie will be educated, given all the aids which wealth and the environment of refinement can provide, and meanwhile Peter will be relegated to some other sphere of action and then—the sequel is an extremely interesting one and gives opportunities for much good comedy. Frances Kayhcr plays Katie and invests tho characters of the artless child of the plains with many human touches. Her easy assumption of the finished young lady is in admirable contrast to her first appearance with all the little roughnesses and /nucherio of the intruder from Pocatello. Denis Kehoe in the role of He u V Gilcxy, tho man of figures with the unsuspected heart, is an admirable iv-iraint and balances tho play. Ronald Kitov as the society nerve specialist, who makes love to his patients presents another well-conceived comedy creation, in which he is partnered by Gwen Dorise as Mrs Henry Gilsoy, a lady with nerves and romantic notions. Peter, the irresponsible and elevated, is portrayed by Bernard Heeby with a delgihtful assumption of tho casual manner, which turns to acute jealousy as he realised Katie to ho a highly'desirable wife. Helen Fergus completes the family with a dignified portrait of Airs Crnndell, Peter’s mother, and the cast is completed by Clias. Keegan as an irreproachable butler and Lester Carey as a Japanese valet. eyerybqdys pictures. “DAUGHTERS OF PLEASURE." Til URSDAY. Not for a long time have local picture fans seen a screen production packed with as much drama and replete with as many thrills as “Daughters of Pleasure.” a big new photoplay, presented by 15. F. /eidman, and distributed through the Principal Pictures Corporation. which opens at the Princess Theatre on Thursday. Tho new pictolls an interesting story, chuck full ot " human interest ” and heart appeal. It deals with a family which, after experiencing years ot Legality, suddenly hnils itself riding to untold wealth on the crest of an oil boom. With a.n opportunity to reach out and grasp anything they may desire, the members of the family throw all precaution to the winds and whirl around madly in the new found whirlpool of wealth. Of course, there must he some reaction and it is here that the photoplay*develops an interest far above the ordinary picture. The head ot Hie family. .Mark Hadley, begins to think that life holds out more for him than the devoted affections of the little woman who has stood by him through thick and thin. He searches for younger and livelier affections. Meantime his beau Li Fill daughter finds herself apparent ly transported to a new world. Luxuries enhance her natural beauty and she also sets out in search of new thrills. In searching she discovers the duplicity of her father. From then on the picture lias one dramatic thrill after another. The girl’s denunciation of her parent, her thrilling challenge, “ like lather, like, daughter,” her decision to forget propriety and true Jove and respect comes to the man she intended to throw herself away on. furnish a story that cannot he excelled for drama, logic and consistency. The cost which has been assembled scintillates brilliantly. Alarie Provost and Monte Blue, both stars in their own right, play the leading roles. Never has either appeared to better advantage. Miss Provost has several big dramatic moments and rises to all of them with supreme artistry. Her beauty and charm only furtlioir enhance her excellent pantomime. Blue appears as the dissolute young member of society whose redemption proves one of tho. big high spots of the production. Idle members of the supporting east arc also excellent in their characterizations. Wilfred Lucas gives an exceptionally clever performance as the elderly man who forgets all restraint when wealth is thrust upon him. Kdvth Chapman makes a most lovable and devoted wife and mother, and Clara Bow, described as “tho perfect flapper,” has an appeal that is a perfect excuse for any man trying to keep fit at fifty. On Friday a First National Mighty Super. Drama “Red Lights” with an all-star caste and further chapters of the serial : “The Steel Trail.”