AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

ZANiC OR MV’S “ MYSTFIUOUS RIOKR ” —FRLDAY.

An absorbing story done in (he best Zone ('lev nninner nnd moving against tin' colonrlnl l):ic!;»niuiiil ol' tlie desert briefly < harnoterises Rarniomit’s picliirisntion ol “ Tlio .Mysterious Rider,” which wdl be shown on Friday at the Princess 'iheatre. Jack liolt assumes the responsibilities ol the role of hero and acquits himself ill the way that has made him famous as one of the best ol the Western stars, lie is east as lien Wade whose word is of some weight in the community in which he lives. Rut he finds himself ostracized when the homesteaders suspect him of appropriating for his own uses 2b.(C10 dollars they had raised to buy an old Spanish laud grant held by Cliff darkness (Charles Selloni, and which deprives them of I heir title to their meagre holdings. Wade is able to show them only a piece of paper which he alleges to have received from 11:ifitness as a receipt for the money. An oiler of IbO.OIH) dollars for the land grant from .Mark King (l)avid Torrence), a capitalist representing a rich power company, proves too .‘(rung a 1 1 unptat ion for him. King procures the grant and holds it ns a whip over the heads of the homesteaders to make them vacate; the 2b.000 dollars out ol which Wade has been bain-bnozled is safe in the pockets of darkness, and Wade linils himself forced into outlawry to save himself from lynching at the hands of his former friends, lie is captured, and about to he lynched when his pal Kern Spooner (Tom Kennedy) forces the ranchers at the point of two guns to bring him back to town to stand a fair trial. Mow lie escapes and goes about the country as ‘the mysterious rider,’ warning the ranchers to bold their ground till they can get a bearing in the courts, and how lie finally saves the situation makes a story packed with the thrills that the .lack Molt lans have learned to expect. An intersting love story is to be found here too. It starts when Holt saves King’s daughter (Hetty Jewel) from death in a pit of quicksand notwithstanding his own danger from the band of lynchers who are pursuing him. The story is lightened with some very fine touches of comedy. John Waters, who lias directed Jack Holt in several of bis previous Zone (Jrey pictures, principally "Horn to the West." "Forlorn River.” and "Alan of the Forest.” wielded the megaphone. The usual supports will also be r.liowii. including a line comedy. '.New serial .Friday: “The iSilcnt Fiver” starring “Silver Streak” the Ki/ig of Dug Stars, Malcolm Mc(!r<v gor and l.nui«o Lorraine.

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