AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM'S ENGLISH COMEDY COMPANY. “TIJK UNFAIR SEX.” TO-XJOHT. "•List priceless ” is said to be the corn moil expression which .sums up Jhe l ninii- Sox,” Erie llmlson’s throe-act farce coinedy, to be produced at the Princess Theatre this evening, with one of London\s big star actresses, Miss Zillali Bateman, in a favourite jart. supported by a distinguished company, who have carried all before them in Sydney. ‘‘The Unfair Sex” was one ot the few big London successes of HUM and 1925. It put up a record by being produced twice daily at the Savoy ‘Theatre, London, with two separate companies, for just on two years, and in Australia it was immediately proclaimed as the best larce comedy of recent years, and that i> whv it was selected as the premiere lor New Zealand. •• The Unfair Sex," is claimed to bo an assured success, and a splendid vehicle to show oil the supreme art of Miss Zillali Bateman, and her brilliant .supporting company. Briefly, the plot is as follows:- In an unguarded moment, (.'oollrey Trevor, a married man. kisses hi- uite’s eue-t. Joan Deli-.-e. and on tile same morning Trevor’s wife Dianan is Tumid in tin’ arm- of Harvey Unite, a young writer at romantic fiction. The meddlesome uncle bints at the incident, ami the husband leans to the conclusion Hint bis own delinquetK y is lieing referred to. wlieroupoii he gives himself away. The nude contrives then that husband and wife shall both think their lapse known to each other, and the game ol cross purpose thus set in motion leads to some laughable situations. " The {Tnfair Sex ” gives scope for a fine display of frocks from London and I’aris. The box plan is at Misses Mclntosh’s. EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES UIX-TIX-TJX E.IUDAY. "Tracked in the Snow Country” the new Bin-Tin-Tin picture that comes to the Princess Theatre on Friday, is a gorgeously exciting mielodrumu ; it sizzling suspenselui story of a man hunt that will bite into your emotions. Warner Bros, the proiluceers, say it’s the best Tiii-Tiii-Tin picture yet. And you’ll say so too when you see it. Rin-Tin-Tiu. the “ Wonder Dog." who lias appeared in a number of highly successful photoplays made by Warner Bros., is not a mere “ stunt ” performer. Before his present eon tract was signed lie had established a screen versatility which enabled him to play a wide range of parts as are commonly given tii a male or female human star. At the present time the photoplay stories in which Kin-Tin-Tiii appears are being chosen almost entirely liecause of their broad interest and not because they are especially suited to a (big. witli the usual restrictions brought about by the average dog’s inability to do anything other than a. few •* tricks.” In "Tracked in the Snow Country” Rin-Tin-Tin has a real acting part. .Most interest in him in this picture comes from the fact that he starts out as a "heavy.” being falsely accused of a crime. Rin-Tin-Tin’fj efforts to bring the real culprit fo justice and thereby establish his own innocence provide the big dramatic thread of the story. Through treachery. cruelty and danger: through Hiorim. forests and water, the wolf-dog relentlessly trailed the man who had murdered his master. And then— -

See Rin-Tin-Tin’s most thrilling picture, “ Tracked in the Snow Country.”

A special added attraction in Friday’s display is tile first chapter ol the now serial "The Scarlet Streak,” and a good comedy.