AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN HALL PICTURES. TO-X' IG HT ! TO-NIGHT ! At the Town flail on Saturday night the star picture will be “The White j I’auther.” a thrilling tale of India with Bex (Snowy) Baker rind a splendid east. In the far Last, where there i is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is | his prophet, modesty consists in wearing at all time, the yashmak or face veil. Any part, of the body may be exposed without shame ; but only the most abandoned of women would reveal mom It. nose and eyes to a iotar stranger. The absence of the yashmak is. in Moslem countries, equivalent to ] appearing on fifth Avenue without I any clothes at all. On this peculiar 1 religious belief hinges the plot, of “I he White Paid her,” a colorful picture a, the unchanging fast, produced l»y Phil Goklstoric. The story, one of love and adventure gives Raker many opportunities to justify his undisputed tit.'e as the greatest living horseman nnd fencer. High lights of the production include a lance tournament on horseback, a sword duel on the dizzy verge of a. sheer cliff, and a harem scene photographed in one of California's most famous Persian gardens. It presents a refresh in glv different romance of Oriental life, ft is the first picture ever laid in Afghanistan, a country still semi-barbarous, where thrills and adventure are the stuff of overyc’. iy dying, where the inhabitants are eorsidered the bravest, most Ireachenni-. and most cruel race on earth. A topical budget. Bathe review, scenic and two reel comedy complete ;a full pro gramme. First roll will commence at 8.30 p.m.