AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

BUCK JONES IN “DESERT VAL-

LEY”—WEDNESDAY

Exlerior sequences of “Desert Valley-’’ Buck Jones latest starring drama for Fox Films, which will open at the Princess Theatre on Wednesday, were “shot” in the picturesque Mojave desert. At Bed Rock and Jawbone can--1 yons, background for these scenes, the peculiar lava and mica formations have been a source of interest and admiration to sightseers. The formations have assumed the weird and fantastic proportions of colossal pipe organs, castles, camel, lighthouses and other shapes. The so-called “dry lakes” in this section are also the subject of much interest. The.se “lakes” some of them from three to five miles wide and eight or ten miles long were at one time filled with water but their inlet streams were in some manner cut off and after gradual evaporation, the lakes became dry. The smooth, hard surfaces of these lake bottoms are to he seen in some of the sequences ol “Desert Valley.” The story centers about Buck Jones in his role as Montgomery Wilson Fitzsmit.h, a rover of the desert, who has fared badly in a dice game and minus most of his possessions, has come to the little town of “Desert Valley.” He lands in jail after an attempt to steal pies to satisfy his hunger. Through a ruse he manages to escape but not before ho has learned that Timothy Dean, leader of the cowmen in that section has been accused of breaking Jefferson blondes’ desert water line. .Montgomery himself was responsible for this damage, having shot into the lino to provide water for cattle he had found dying of thirst in the desert, lie learns that Hoad os. played by Alalchn Waite, has been attempting to gain possession of the cattlemen’s land by cutting off their water supply. He succeeds in spoiling these plans after an exciting series of adventure. He falls in Jove with Mildred Dean, the beautiful daughter of Timothy Dean and the romance has its culmination in the final scene of the picture. Virginia Brown Faire is Mildred. Others in the cast are: J. W. .Johnston, Eugene Pal let to and Charles Briniev. Scott R. Dunlap directed “Desert Valley,” which is his twentieth production for Fox Films. A

Topical. Scenic and Comedy will be included in the display on Wednesday.