AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

A HERO OX HORSEBACK ” —FRIDAY.

Audiences at the Princess Theatre on Friday arc due to get loads of laughs out of Hoot Gibson’s characterisation of a cowboy banker, the role he portrays in his latest starring vehicle, “A Hero on Horseback,'” a Universal- • Jewel Production. The picture is a screen version of “ .13read Upon the Waters,” a story from the prolific and versatile pen of the noted author of Western fiction, .Peter I!. Kyne, who is rated as one of the most popular novelists and short-storv writers. Kyne has had as colourful a career as any of the characters in his colourful tales. From clerking in a general merchandise store, the prominent creator of best sellers engaged by turns in the lumber and shipping business and as a newspaper man. In 1898 he enlisted in the 33th United States Infantry, and was a member of the 3rd Expeditionary Forces to the Philippine Islands, also serving during th'c Spanish-Ainerican War. During the late fracas Kyne was a captain in the fifth U.S. Field Artillery. In “ A Hero on Horsehack,” Ethlyno Clair, the petite titianliaircd screen favourite, plays the leading feminine role opposite Gibson, while Edwards Davis, Edward Hearn and Dan Mason ill! the supporting east. Arthur Stutter mid Marv Alice Scully wrote the screen adaptation of the Kyne story and Del Andrews directed its pioturization.

The supports on Friday are topical serial and comedy.