AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

THE KENNEDY ENTERTAINERS. FAR-TRAVELLED MUSICIANS. PRINCESS TH EATRE—TO-NIGHT. These clever entertainers are favorites in whatever part of the world they appeal', from London, on one side of the world, to New Zealand, on the other. In London and the provinces they have appeared in all the leading halls, and theatres, and proved a great success. During the. Indian tour they were so successful that they extended their hookings as far as Quetta, near the Afghan border. In Africa they played every town from Capetown to the Zambesi River and are great favourites there. The reception, they received in every town they played was one round of acclamation, and are recognised everywhere as a Company of great merit, and they submit a special programme of songs, concerted numbers, violin and flute solos, humorous sketches, and harmonised old folksongs, accompanied by ukuleles, the glockenspiel and viol-de-gamba. This latter instrument is a very valuable one—over 300 years old—which Keith Kennedy discovered in his recent tour on the Continent.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. “A ROARING ADVENTURE ” —FRIDAY. A Roaring Adventure ” is coming to the Princess Theatre next Friday with dashing Jack Tloxie as star. The picture is a Universal Western and is said to live no to its title with a vengeance. Hoxie will he .seen in a

new role, that of an Easterner in the West, and, instead of the big hat. chaps and other regalia of the cowboy, will wear a cap, riding breeches and puttees, but that does not interfere with his riding, nor with his ability to fight his way out of tight places. “A Roaring Adventure ” tells a thrilling story of the efforts to break up a band of cattle rustlers. Hoxie, as Duffy Burns, son of the owner of a big ranch, comes to visit bis father and learns that things'are far from being as they should be. He determines to get a job on the ranch, where he is not known, and solve the mystery. From then on romance and adventure are his portion, and lie escapes many perils before the mystery is solved and the cattle rustlers brought to justice. There*are several big scones, including a desperate battle between cattle rustlers and a sheriff’s posse. There also is a sensational rescue of a girl from the back of a run-away horse. The supporting cast includes Mary McAllister, Marin ■S'a is. Francis Ford, J. Gordon Russell, Jack Pratt and Margaret Smith, a tiny child who makes a success of her first appearance on the screen. Clifford Smith, who lias directed Hoxie in all of bis recent pictures, took the company to a picturesque location in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to make this one. The latest Topical, a two-reel comedy and “The Oregon Trail ” (serin h completes the bill. Selections by Miss Williams’ orchestra.