AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN THE GOLD KUSH TO-NIGHT

In *• 'i'hc Gold Kush,” called Charlie Chaplin’s greatest comedy, and coining to the Princess Theatre to-night under a. United Artists’ corporation release, the world’s most famous comedian is seen as a pathetic tenderfoot struggling along with hundreds of others who are in search of gold in the Klondike. Poetic pathos- and whimsical comedy are cleverly blended in this film. There is one scene in which Charlie, a bedraggled hit of humanity, finds a sympathizer and sweetheart—a girl in a dance hall. She dances with the little tramp who beams over her shoulder into the eyes of his rival a wealthy miner. This is Jim -McKay, a giant as strong as an ox. McKay is enraged and Charlie trembles as the big man menaces him. The little man thinks alter all that death is better than the loss of the queen of the hanee-hall. To have the right types in Northern California. where many scenes of this picture uere produced, Chaplin took out a special l rain load of hoboes with wellseared countenances and tattered clothes. In several sequences it seems an endless line of ragged humanity that is crossing the Chilkoot Pass. A blizzard rages and men are blown about helplessly. They fight on doggedly, as this winding path cut through the snows over a prociptious mountainside, is the gateway to their goal, the Klondike. Then in another stretch there is Black Larsen, who lives in terror of the police. He builds a hut in the Alaska mountains and lives as a hermit amid snow and ice. To this hut comes the pathetic Chaplin. He knocks

at the door for a rest before plodding along to the land of gold. Larsen does not care who starves as he is nol going to take any chances oi the police apprehending him. The scenes aboard a big steamship are full of human interest. The luxury and comfort of the first cabin are contrasted with the misery. want and sickness in the steerage. I here is the little man, who a few years before wont on the long hike to the Klondike, and who now aboard the great vessel, is seen wrapped iri costly furs. ITo is unhappy because he has lost his girl. .But in the steerage there is a girl returning home from Alaska wishing she could, find her dear little tramp again. 'lTic prices to-night for the big attraction are—rCircics 2s. stalls Is Gd, children under 12, Gd ns usual. Patrons are advised to lie in their seats at 8 p.m. sharp.