AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

“MONS”-TO-NIGHT.

The •memorable clays of August and September, 1914, will Jive gloriously in the history of England, but, if, with passage of time, the vivid and human side of the story of the Old Contemptiblos has dimmed a little, Mons” the all-British production which Metro-Goldwyn-Muyer is distributing in Australia and New Zealand and which comes to the Princess Theatre to-night, brings hack as no •ther medium could, the memory of those fateful days This picture should be seen hv every man, woman and child in the Empire, not only for its .patriotic appeal, but because it whrms the heart and stirs every emotion into action. Opening with the departure of the British Expeditionary Forces lor I< ranee, it moves on in a succession of thrilling events to the glorious Retreat. Amongst many heroic incidents, the screen reproduces Major lorn. Bridges’ rally of the exhausted soldiers at St. Quentin, where men almost too tired to take another step wore led forward to the rat-a-tat-tat of a little toy drum. Like the rest of the film, this has been filmed simply, without comment or .sentimental emphasis. yet with surprisingly dramatic effect that will hold the most blase picture-goer in its spells. The most glorious page in England’s history given to the screen by the men who actually helped write the imperishable story. ‘Arons” is the greatest picture EJnglniid has produced—it is an epic of dauntless courage and the true British spirit that enabled the ‘‘Old Cbntemptihles” to laugh and joke in the very teetli of war. Special prices will ho charged for this big special to-night, viz: Dross Circle 2s, stalls Is (id, children under 12 as usual.