AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. “LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY” —TO-NIGHT. .Mary Pickfor'd lias joined the “ back-to-the-earlier-davs ” movement and in her lieu- photoplay, “Little Annie Rooney,” which comes to-night to the Princess Theatre under a United Artists Corporation release, will be seen at her best in the hoydenish and r;sgamuffin roles that so endeared her to the public and won for her the title “The World's Sweetheart.” She has temporarily, at least, abandoned the fussy furbelows of the costume drama. I and the golden slippers of the fairy tale. To just what extent Miss Pickford has made this change in film characterization may bo judged from the title of her new production—“ Little Annie Rooney ” —and the fact that she appears as the twelve-year-old daughter of a popular policeman, leads a group of dirty-faced youngsters in kid battles a against a rival gang, and secretly adores Joe Kelly, a hulking truck driver, who is a- pal of her brother, Tim Rooney. Annie Rooney’s costume consists of checkered gingham, with hero and there a patch ; cotton stockings with runs that have been darned and some that haven’t, and jnore or less down-at-thc-heol shoes. Annie never wears a hat. As for the j locale—a squalid tenement house dis-tric-t of the lower East Side in New York; and the sets are described ns marvels of accuracy in detail. The ' broken bath tub is found at the correct | spot; discarded hoots and shoes aimed j at yowling cats lie in the littered area- , ways and backyards; the inevitable

washing dangles from ropes stretching from, window to window. The Brooklyn Bridge plays an important pnfrt in the story and has been faithfully reproduced. There arc youngsters galore in “ Little Annie Rooney,” most of -whom never before have l|Oen before the camera. They are of all types and nntionalties: ten races, in fact being represented. Dogs, goats, monkeys and horses, also are included in tire “cast.” A topical and comedy complete a fine display. Usual prices will be charged to-night.

Coming Friday,—Betty Balfour in “ Squibs, M.P.”