AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBQDYS* PICTURES

TOM MIX AND TONY TO-NIGHT.

All who are interested ill real American pictures, with a virile American star, should not miss the William Fox production, “Riders of the Purple Sage,” which comes to the Princess Theatre to-night. Tom .Mix iits the role of Jim Lassiter in his latest picture so perfectly that it seems Zano Grey must have had the cowboy hero in mind when he wrote this, his greatest novel. It is a typical Mix role, with ample opportunities for Tony, his wonder horse, to share in the daring deeds of his master. It is a picturesque romance of the. West of forty years ago. Mix plays the role of a chivalrous soft-spoken cowboy who comes riding forth to avenge his sister, I;idnapped by all unscrupulous lawyer. Pausing in his quest for his sister’s abductor. Mix' wins the love of a girl rancher while protecting her from the persecution of a. villainous cattleman who wants to marry her. In triumphing over a crooked judge, Mix Icarus he, lias revenged himself on the man who wronged his sister. The charming Mabel Rallin plays the role of a the girl rancher, and Marian Nixon, a graceful figure in hoy’s clothes, acts the part of Lassiter’s niece. Ilea trice Burnham does a dramatic bit as Lassiter’s sister. Harold Goodwin is the gallant young cowboy who aids Lassiter in defence of the ranch. A Topical and Comedy will also he shown. Miss Williams’ Orchestra will play the incidental score. On Tuesday Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Gish will he starred in “The Beautiful City.”