AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES. “WINNERS OF THE WILDERNESS TO-NIGHT! TO-NICHT ! Tim McCoy, cattle randier, friei and adopted brother of the lied I dians, soldier, expert liorseman, adventurer, clubman, after-dinner speaker and—filin-star, Whose first appearance w.as in “War Paint,” is soon to he seen again in “ Winners of the Wilderness,” which conies to the Princess Theatre to-night. McCoy never had any idea of being an actor, until he was persuaded to star in the new Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer adventure epics, and has always been inclined to ranching or things military. His father was an army officer, and expected Tim to he one. Tim became an officer, but he remained a rancher at the same time, and spent his “ leaves ” on the "Wyoming plains, where he has large land holdings. With the free and easy manner of the "Westerner, his smile and cordiality make one think of “ great open spaces,” and bis polish and innate refinement suggests travel and higher education. In “Winners of the Wilderness,” a story of the French and Indian War in the middle of the eighteenth century, McCoy proves ho is worthy of stardom since he most creditably covers a wider range of acting in this picture than the average star will traverse in several years. Joan Crawford is his leading woman, and the supporting cast contains a notable list of screen names, among them: Roy D’Arcy, Louise Lorraine, Tom. O’Brien, Frank Currier, Edward Connelly, and others.

A good supporting programme will also he presented, including a scenic, a topical, and a comedy, and further chapters of the exciting serial “ Fighting with Buffalo Bill.”