AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES, “ MASTER'S OF -MEN.”—-TO-NIGHT. *’ Masters of Men,” the latest Master Picture, by -Morgan Robertson, the world’s most noted writer of sea stories is to be shown at the Princess Theatre to-night. Critics have unanimously acclaimed this picture as the greatest sea story over screened. The pietumation has retained loyally the atmosphere of the novel hy the master teller of sea stories and Vitagraph, who offers ,it. has provided a lavish production with an all star cast. “ Masters of -Men ” tolls the story of a hov who accepted the shame of another's crime that he might protect the girl he loved from humiliation. Branded in his home- town as a thief the lad runs away and joins the Navy. "While on leave he is shanghaied and suffers the brutality accorded to men before the mast on board a four master sailing the Spanish Main. How lie effects his o«cape and aids in the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago provides a thrilling drama which holds interest throughout every foot of the screening. There are four principal parts as the story involves the love affairs of four young people. Earl Wiliams, one of the most popular stars of the screen, plays Lieutenant Breen, the officer who assists Mick llnlpin (played by Cullen Landis) to win back honour and manhood. Pretty Alice Calhoun who has been starred in many Vitagraph productions and Wanda Hawley, long a popular star, play the chief women’s roles. It is a picture of types and of vivid realism. The selection of types is said to have been perfect, particularly of those actors who play the brutal, bard fighting men who comprise the crew of the “ Mary Earl.” Mick Sutherland and Jack Curtis, who play the mate and captain of the four master, are known to picture-goers as the most brutal looking actors in motion pictures. They give realism to Morgan Robertson's description of the brutes who made life a hell for men before the mast.