AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

THE DEVIL’S CARGO ” —TO-NIGHT.

'William Collier, Jr., son of one of tho stage’s leading lights, comes to the screen in a featured role in the Victor Fleming-Paramount production, “Tho Devil’s Cargo.” Wallace Berry, Paulino Starke and Claire Adams are others in principal roles in tho picture, which was adapted to the screen by A. P. Younger from Charles Whittaker’s story, “ The Hirer Boat.” Collier.’* part in the picture is that of an editor of an 1850 Sacramento newspaper who sides in with the vigilantes of the town, a baud of law-respecting citizens who plan to drive on til the undesirables. Collier, a.<? John Joyce, falls in love with Faro Sampson (Pauline Starke) daughter of the proprietor of Sacramento’s most notorious saloon and gambling den, and gets himself in trouble with the vigilantes.- The rest of the production has to do with tile deportation of the undesirables—Joyce ami his sister among them. They are shipped off on a rickety old river boat, which drifts far out into tho middle of the ocean. Tho scenes that follow are said to he genuine thrillers. I!aymom! Hatton, Dale Fuller and others appear in the supporting east of “The Devil’s Cargo.” Paulino Starke, Wallace Berry and other featured players in “ The Devil's Cargo,” Victor Fleming’s newest Paramount production, were congratulating themselves just after the completion of certain scenes for tho picture, on the narrow squeak by which they missed an unsought sea voyage in a leaky, flat- bottomed river boat. Fleming had “ shot ” several scenes of this early California story on a sternwlieel river boat on the Sacramento River. Later be took the same boat down into San Francisco Bay for another sequence. Everything was all right until tho tide began to sweep out through the Golden Gate, and took the river boat with it, tho ancient wood burning engines failing in their effort to hold against tho current. No tug ■■! been brought along and the boat began to pitch as it neared the rougher water. With much tooting of the whistle, hoisting of signals and shouting, the attention of a passing tug was attracted and tho boat was towed back to dock. Further chapters of the serial and a good comedy complete the display to-night.