AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERY3ODYS PICTURES. “TROUBLES OF A 15J{11)K.■’’—WEDN US DAY'. Gordon Hkikc is a. master crook. Ho renews the acquaintance of an old prison pal, wlio is now a chauffeur. In the smoker of a train Blake becomes acquainted with an architect, who tells him that lie is shortly to reconstruct a. line southern country estate, Patterson Hall. Learning that the owner is an eccentric individual who does not believe in hanks and keeps all his cash in a vault on tile premises, and that a week will pass before the architect reaches the Hall, they steal the plans and the architect’s various identification papers. Armed with these credentials, Blake introduces himself to the aged millionaire as the architect. The former chauffeur finds lodging in the neighbourhood, and awaits Blake’s call to assist in looking for the money-laden vault. The crook is much impressed bv the millionaire’s beautiful daughter, Mildred, who is engaged to Robert Wallace, Vera, a maid, is recognised by Blake as a former crook, and solicits her assistance in i.iie proposed robbery. Together they work out a plan whereby Wallace is to he “vamped” by Vera, and they arrange it so that Mildred sees young Wallace kissing the girl. Becoming enamoured of Mildred, Blake postpones the rubbery of the located vault, till the day before the wedding, when he decides to kidnap Lho girl. The crook tells .Mildred that she ought to teach Wallace a lesson about Jlirting, and induces the romantic girl to submit to a plan to kidnap her before the ceremony and will make it difficult for the bridegroom to rescue his bride. Accordingly the girl is seized by masked men and secreted in a lonely moun-tain-side shack. Finding themselves closely pressed by W A!ace and a rescue party, the crooks ooarcl a passenger train. Wheu they uncouple all but the engine and the first cars, .Mildred realises her captors arc in earnest. One of the passengers fires, wounding Blake and killing the chauffeur, another sets the car oil fire and the girl is left alone on the burning train. 'I he pursuing Wallace gets a team of horses and when he secs the wounded Blake, a desperate fight ensues, in which Wallace is thrown on the road and Blake is killed by the fall. Wallace gets a locomotive and pursues the burning train, reaching it as it. is about to plunge into a river. He calls to Mildred on the burning car to jump, and she leaps into his arms as the train falls from the bridge. Wallace stops the engine at the edge ol the bridge, and Mildred and he rejoice to he alive together. Coming Thursday—“ The Mask of Lopez.”

PAT HANNA’S DIGGERS,

PR IXCESS THEATRE—FR IT)AY

At 8 p.m. on Friday evening the curtain will rise at the Princess Theatre, on Pat Hanna’s Vice-regal Diggers, and a short joyous season of musical costume comedy will have opened. They are the acknowledged creators ol the Australasian long distance run, having played in the same theatre foi a longer mV 'ken period than any other complin* of any sort. Their remarkable record of ■ -168 consecutive nights at the Crciuornc Theatre. Brisbane. is tie wonder ol the theatrical world. They also have the prowl distinclion of being the only company who were specially selected awl brought from Australia to play a month’s season in the grand festival hall at the Dunedin Exhibition, and the fact filial* they have t-r> ,return there again in March sneaks for itself. Their show is particularly bright and snappy, and their versatility is extraordinary. They • are universally acknowledged to he lho finest costume comedy company south of the lino. Included in lho personnel of this talented company are 0. P. Manna, Joe Valli, Bert Hilbert, Stan Lawson, Brian Lawrunco. Jim I’oran, Jock Thomson, Chris Kilner. Frank McDonald, Boy Brinsden, Wallace Lloyd. Tza Crossloy. Jessie Hanna. Vera C’arew, Rosette Powell, Thelma Pittard, Wynne Thomson, Kathleen Lawrance, Olive Baker, Owen Lewis, Myra Pennett. Vera Bix with the Diggers’ Superb Ballet and a full concert orchestra. The prices are Gs, 4s and 2s.