AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES

Till-; MAX IX THE SADDLI* TO-NIGHT.

To-night jit the I’ri ncoss Theatre Everybody* Pictures will present ;i Blue Streak Western ilrnmtt starring Hoot Gibson jn "The .Man jn the Saddle.” On a hie ranch that is cngagcd eliietly in entertaining tourists who want, to see the great west, a number of lake hm'd-ups are staged to give the city folks a thrill. Lawrence, the' rascally guide, puts on a series of real ItokLups. To save his patronage, the ranch owners reimburses the campers for their money losses and continues to let them believe that the bandits were merely entertaining them. .Tell’ Morgan, who is engaged to run down the bandits on the strength of

bis lather’s two-gun reputation, gettoo ambitious and arrests the sheriff by mistake, lie is the laughing stock of the ranch and is considered a clumsy and brainless lout, but on the plea of his daughter the ranch owner sends .toff at the head of a camping party in place of Lawrence. The latter, in league with a city vamp who sends up a rocket when nt'l the camp is asleep, directs his gang of thugs to raid the camp. How they frisk the campers of their valuables in the dead of night and how deli', single-handed, sets out to retrieve the loot and bring the whole gang to justice is a thrilling chapter full of surprises. A. good supporting programme will also lie shown, including a topical, scenic and comedy.

On Wednesday next a special Paramount production starring Adolphe .Men,jou and Florence Vidor in "The Grand Duchess and the Waiter " wilt be screened.