AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS* PICTURES -•tiik ice flood” to-night. The hundred rough-necks were- needed for lumber-camp scenes in the picture. Seizt demanded the worst iook-

' ll l4 hit ol extras he could find, for his script called lor " the toughest lumber •amji in America.” When the 100 extras put in an appearance next mornui.n, they would have frightened a police sergeant or a Chicago gunman. Almost all were six-footers, possessed of straggly hoards, low, sloping omniums, and shoulders which measured several feet from tip to tip. liven the hundred extras—who make their living in pictures chiefly by their natural ability to look tough—paled into insignificance, however, in comparison to Kred Ivohler and Frank ilagney, who share the villainous roles of tiio picture. Kohler and Ilagney, both veterans of the camera, arc famous for their impersonations of unalloyed had men. Eoth are huge, hairy and sinister in appearance. Until cultivated straggly beards for the picture, and both gave performances surpassing for i iliainy and treachery, anything they have ever done before on the screen. In contrast to this display of masculine brutality, is Kenneth Harlan, who plays the leading role in the picture, and can he a two-listed gent and handsome at the same time. Harlan and Ilagney stage a thrilling and vicious list battle before' the camera as one of the big scenes of the picture. “ The Ice Flood ” was directed by (leorge I!. Seizt, from the story, ‘‘The Unite Breaker,” hv Johnstone AfeCullov. Viola Dana plays the featured feminine role opposite Harlan. A topical, comedy, and further chapters of “ Fighting With Buffalo Bill,” will complete the display on Friday,