AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

£VERYBODYS PICTURES. “IT” WEDNESDAY. The beginning of production on “It,” arriving at tlio Princess Theatre on Wednesday, marked the return to Paramount of Elinor Glyn, noted English novelist and author of “It,” which serves as Clara How’s initial starring vehicle. “It” is Madame Glyn’s film adaptation of her latest story. Through the medium of the camera lens Miss How reveals her interpretation of just wliat constitutes “ ft,” which the author declares Miss How possesses to an extraordinary degree. The novel, adapted expressly for Miss How, deals with a shop-girl who possesses that magnetic something which defies definition but attracts all others with competing force. With a limited education, no family prestige, and nothing but her fundamental sweetness of character, Clara rises to notable success by exerting the inexplicable “It” and winning the love of her employer. The film’s locale is any big city; the time, the present. In its unfolding. Madame Glyn goes fully into her conception of the magic quality, depicting characters who believe they have, those who’d like to have, and those who possibly can ever gain “ It.’’ The usual good supports will also he shown, including a topical and comedy. On Friday next, Iloot Gibson appears in a big Western “Painted Ponies.”