AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVF.RYBODYS’ PICTURES "THE .MYSTIC" TO-.N ICI IT. A startling exposure of the tricks resorted lo liy many take spiritllaists and mediums who jda.v upon the credulity of humanity by pretending to establish communication with the spirit world i> to lie shown at the Princess 'I licitlre to-night in "The .Mystic" a Tod Browning production Tor Metro-Coldwyn-Maver. The picture is a tense, {{ripping melodrama of underworld life, based upon the deception and fraud of a false medium whose supposed .supernatural powers are exploited for his own ends hy a brilliant international confidence man. It opens in remote Hungary, where the faker discovers a gipsy mystic and brings her to America where he uses her to lleece gullible wealthy patrons who wish to communicate with the departed. Under the talented direction ol Tod Browning, himself an authority upon phyehic phenomena, and recognised as the greatest prducer of underworld dramas, this picture is a piece of remarkably forceful entertainment. In the leading roles are Aileen Pringle, an intriguing actress whose dark, slender beauty makes her particularly impressive in exotic, seductive roles such as she portrays in "The Mystic,” gives an excellent portrayal as the gipsy, and Conway Tearle has never played more convincingly than here as the brilliant trickster. Others in the cast are Mitchell Lewis. Robert Oher. David Terence. Gladys Kulcttc and Stanton I lock* As usual our Saturday display includes a topiea. X.Z. scenic and a good comedy. Coining on Monday next —Lionel Barrymore in ‘‘The Lolls.”