AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBOOYS PIGTURES.

‘THE LAST MAN ON EARTH.”

Elmer Smith, “The Last Man on Earth,” who makes his appearance at the Princess Theatre next Wednesday in a William Fox picture by that title has a great deal in common with th well-known Hip Van Winkle. True, Kip slept for twenty years, while Elmer lost touch with the world only for ten, but the changes which took place during Elmer’s comparative short absence more than offset the difference in time. Hip returned to. the village of Sleepy Hollow, which had pursued its accustomed way without any startling changes. The youths lie had known has grown old. But Rip had grown old, too, and he soon adjusted himself to the new order. But consider Elmer Smith's bewilderment when he returned to find that there was not another mail on earth! Imagine his astonishment at discovering a. world ruled by women. A world without battleships or bigamy. A world without babies, harbors or bootleggers. With the abolishment of men, the Volstead haw automatically became unnecessary. Newspapers had given up a. losing light as women preferred to receive their news bv radio. Broadcasting stations were as common as corner drug stores. There was no news of men, no threats of war, no abductions or elopements, no market reports or strikes. Love, fighting, sex jealousv, double-living, (bootlegging, bohemianism. villains, missing heirs, faithless lovers and guardians were no more. A strange world! But the film goes on to show bow Elmer’s re-entrance into it changed things considerably. Ho had left it to become a hermit when Hat-tic Brown bad told him she wouldn’t marry him if lie were the last man on earth. And lie eventually did become the last man on earth when a strange disease called masculitis ravaged the country and swept away the entire male population. Needless to say “The Last, Alan on Earth.” is a fantastic and highly imaginative film classic and it is well worth seeing. A •good supporting programme will also lie shown.