AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBOOYS PICTURES. “WEDDING BILLS,” TO-NIGHT. Raymond Griffith in “Wedding Bills” nt the Princess Theatre tonight. All women are beautiful. That’s why Raymond Griffith, is still u bachelor. He cault make up his mind. Each now leading woman is more beautiful than the last one, Hay says, so lie can’t fall in love with one of them, because he's always waiting to seo what the next one will be like. Ann Sheridan is Hay’s leading woman for his next picture for Paramount, “Wedding Bills,” and she almost surpasses dcscripton, according to Hay. If they keep on coming better and bettor looking Hay’s days of bachelorhood, will bo numbered. He admits it himself. Griffith may he a high hat comedian on the screen, but he Ims never worn a high lint in real life. Despite the screen make-up of frock coat and silk-topper in pictures, he’s the most unassuming actor in Hollywood. His private life is a closed book. He lives in bachelor quarters and guards liis privacy. Books are his companions a great deal of the time, and ho is probably, one of the best read men in the industry. His regret is that ho hasn’t the build to be a hero iif westerns, because , lie’s “goofy over horses.” He rides for an hour throe or four mornings a week before he comes to the studio. Griffith was .t writer and director before he became an actor, and takes a big part in the writing of all the stories in which he appears.

A Comedy, Gazette and Scenic Will also be shown. “METROPOLIS’ ’—MONDAY. “Metropolis,” a German picture produced by the Ufa Company, which will be exhibited at the Princess Theatre on Monday, is unlike any film so far screened. Two years were devoted to making it, a cast numbering thousands being employed. The story is sketched of a groat metropolis as, it will appear 1(13 years hence and of;.the remarkable progress of science, principally of engineering. Without the Schufftan process such a production would have been impossible. Millions of pounds have been spent to build tlie machinery introduced, the .boulevards with rows of lofty buildings, land the underground city in which the toilers spend their lives. Gigantic machinery is seen in motion, its principles transcending any so far in lies. Two cities are portrayed, both contr/jlled by the dominating brain of one John Masterman, who confined the workers to subterranean dwellings in order to save space and valuable land. There they lived, rarely seeing daylight, operating the wonderful machinery for the benefit of the rich living in idleness and luxury in a city of palaces and gardens. Oppression of the workers resulted in serious conflict. The storm broke, and every machine operating the, great city was destroyed, including the “heart” machine-in which its very existence depended: ■ In a. sensational climax John Masterman humbles himself and/' acknowledges the brotlier’hood .of inankind.. 'A-Jove theme runs ..through/, thojv, “story.. The principal jjaijits,^M-e,ay§li. : Vctqd* .by distinguished Gei’mafi * players, including Brigette Helm. The direction is masterly, the skilful -handling of huge crowds being notable.—Melbourne “Argus.” The Prices for this big attraction on Monday are: Circle 2s, stalls-Is 6d, children 6d,