AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES

•SAI.I.V. IHEXK AND MARY -TO-NIGHT.

A startling story of stage tile, and the lilt’ behind, of which the public never hours, conies with one oi the finest screen offerings of the year, "Bully, Irene and Mary,” the new -Metro-Gohlwyn-Alayor picture to he screened to-night at the Princess 'l’heatre. It is told with a clear understanding; and an intelligent, insight. Rased upon a famous stage .success by Edward Dowling, this picture tells the story of three beautiful chorus girls, and what life brought to them. There was Sally, cold and egotistical, and well schooled in the wants of men; Irene, the dreamer, whom life passed by; and Alary, an unassuming Irish girl, who asked little of life, and gained a priceless possession. Theatrical life lias always a distinct glamour and intriguing charm for dwellers in the less romantic walks of file, and Colliding has transferred to the screen a story with a delightful human appeal. Sally’s love for a philanderer. Irene’s luckless infatuation for an insincere worldling and the tragic consequences of her fit of pique, and little Mary's sweet romance with her unassuming lover, are the dramatic threads in the warp and woof of this great production. The tense drama is relieved by rare comedy gems, in most of which Sally O’Neil, the talented young pi’ayer who appeared so successfully in “ The Auction Block ” and "Alike" is prominent. She is east as Alary, and is supported by William Haines, Constance Bennett and .loan Crawford.

The supports to-night are screen snapshots, topical and comedy. On .Monday next a special Paramount will lie presented: ".Madame Sans (■cue. ' slurring Gloria Swanson.