AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

‘‘SCAN DAL PRQOE'’-TO-NIGHT

‘'Scandal Proof” which will lie shown at the Princess Theatre, tonight with Shirlov Mason as the star, is a picture Hied with emotional drama of the finest sort. It gives the little William Fox star a great opportunity to display her screen talents. With John Hoc ho i:is her leading man, Miss M won rises from her natural whimsical charm to a tremendous dramatic climax filled with a power it is hard to believe could he possessed by such a little actress, ‘flic story is that of 'a girl, accused wrongly of murder, who descends from high social position to that of nursemaid. Through her love for a child she places herself in a compromising position with the lover of her mistress, Herbert WyckofT, the man she really loves, appears in time to prevent her sacrifice, and the end is happy. Everyono in the cast of i “Scandal Proof” does lino work, but there is 0110 little fellow who is deserving of special mention. It is Billy Fay, three years old. who plays the child. Billy, in some of his scenes with Miss Mason, displays a dramatic understanding that is nothing less than remarkable for H child of his years. Needless to say. Miss Mason makes the very host of those opportunities. Others in the supporting cast are Freeman Wood, Hazel Howell, Frances Raymond, Ruth King, Edward Mlirlindel, Joseph Striker and Clarissa Sehvynne. “Scandal Proof,” an original screen story by Charles Kenyon, was directed by Edmund Mortimer.

On Thursday next Elmir Clifton’s romance of the deep, “ Down to the Sea in Ships,” will be the big attrac-