AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS* PICTURES

‘THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH ’’—FRIDAY. Tense dramatic incidents, nn ineomp;iral)le love story, unusual scenic (■fleets, together with an underlying strain of comedy and the graphic portrayal ol desert development join to make Henry King’s film, "The Winning of ffarhara Worth,” which comes to the Princess Theatre this Friday one ol the outstanding photoplays of the year. Filmed on the great arid lilaek Rock Desert, the story unfolds a world of entertaining and educational features before .Ronald Column, as W iilard Holmes, begins to feel sure that he has finally won the fair Barbara, played by Vi lin a Hanky. Ronald Holman's ride with the pay-roll to stop a threatened revolt of labourers in the town of liarha, built by Jefferson Worth, Barbara’s father, to compete with Kingston, is one of the high spots of the production. Over miles of barren desert and through the beautiful canyons of the Ilarelquin Mountains, Willard Holmes and Abe Lee rode through the night. Bandits, hired by James Greenfield. Holmes’ fosterlather. waylaid the pair in Devil’s Canyon. The battle, distinguished by its sincerity and the excellent acting of the characters involved, resulted in the wounding of both men. Vilmn. Hanky, who as the grown-up Barbara, casts the magic spell over Ronald Colli.an. young easterner, and Gary Cooper. as Ahe Lee, desert-hrccl west- j cm engineer, plays the mother of the j infant Barbara in the prologue of tlioj picture. The sand storm scenes constitute, a vivid part of “The Winning! of Barbara Worth.” Henry King was,' directing'Column and -Miss Banky in tin interior scene early one afternoon when far across the desert a. sand storm began formation. Quickly equipping a camera ear, ho began to | chase the rolling clouds of sand and dust. The storm was encountered about twenty-live miles from the desert camp and photographed from till angles.

New serial. Friday : “Square Shootin’ ” Ledbetter, great man of the southwest in the early frontier days, is the character in which the admirers of William Desmond will see him in the first episode of “The Winking Tdol,” an adventure picture, which will be commenced to-morrow evening. The picture gets its title from the one-eyed God of the Aztec Indians, who arc known to have hidden away in the bills a fabulous treasure in gold, which* is the motive for much of the thrilling action and mystery. Eileen Sedgwick plays the leading female role in a supporting east, made up of well-known screen players. Francis Ford directed the picture.

On Monday next the long-lookcd-for special picture “Variety,” will !>o shown at the Princess Theatre lor one night only.