AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. ‘ TAJ AM AS”—TO-A 1G HT. Modern comedy-drama, a phase or entertainment which theatre-goers have come to love better than anything else on the pleasure schedule, is given full sway by Olive Borden in •‘Pajamas,” her new starring vehicle for Fox Films, at the Princess Theatre to-night. Miss .Borden, one ot those dark-eyed, spirited little southern beauties who has had remarkable success in Hollywood, is perfectly at home in the many amusing: situations invented for her by. Author William v'onselman and Director J. G; Blystone. It is a story of a poor little rich girj who is SO' busy spending dad’s money that she hasn’t, had time nor inclination to fall in love with a real man. Ibfeckir (Blystone has been isiitgulaj'ly fortunate in the selection of cast, cameramen and exterior locations. The picture'’-calk for Long Island interiors, including a magnificent swimming pool in the Wade home, and the director has made the most of this romantic setting. ' Too, lie has had the keen faculty of finding something wholly new in the matter of mountain scenery in the Canadian Rockies. ‘ Photographic effects near Lake. Louise simply defy description. Like the Grand Canyon of the Colorado', .they leave the spectator thrilled hut speechless. .Miss Borden starts out by despising Lawrence Gray, a good looking, busi-ness-like. young man who comes to her father’s New York home to close a business transaction. Gray not only threatened to snank the wav ward little rich drl lint actually does so. Then, to get eveiv, she disguises herself as a pilot and makes a daring flight with him into Canada. Here they strike an air pocket, the plane is wrecked and .hey are forced to descend in a paraluite. They are constantly fighting In this background ln|t love finds a way and the story ends with a dramatic twist wholly unfprseen. The cast includes Jerry Miley and John J. Clark. A Topical and Comedy will also he screened. Usual prices. Wednesday:-,- Betty Bronson in “Ritzy”

‘‘THE DIPLOMATS.” • PRINCESS THEATRE TUESDAY It is only on rare occasions that revue entertainments have been presented to Hokitika audiences, but on each occasion that a company ha; appeared they have met with a great reception. The “Diplomats” are more than the usual type, as their organisati in comprise vaudeville artists who have a; - beared in the world’s best theatres. The “Diplomats” opened their Dominion tour at the Embassy Theatre in Auckland where they played for several weeks. The company have just concluded a. season at Westport when they had exceptional "business. “The Diplomats” are not heeded by any particular artists. Each member of • the troupe is a star in their respective line of the. theatrical bus 'ness. The Harris sisters, two in number, are musical comedy artists, musicians and male impersonators. An Auckland inner states that, this turn alone is well worth the price of admission. The Harr’s girls are English performers and come with a great reputation. Ed. "Warrington , comedian, features in comic sketches, assisted bv men.b^ ,, s of tlm company. Jack Gerard is also a comedian and expert drummer. Jan Hylton, vocalist, possesses a rich baritone voice and will he heard in the latest popular numbers.. A vontribqurtturn is that of Charles Valentine, who presents, with the assistance of is rbimmev, some witty dialogues. The Westport paper says:—Many e nipanios of the .vaudeville type have been seen here, but the “Diplomats’’ are out on their own, and from the rise to the fall of the curtain there is not a dull moment.”

At the complet'on of their Dominion tour, which ends at Dunedin, the “Diplomats” leave by the first Sydney boat where they have important eiifra.ecments to fulfil. The prices of admission, are within the reach of all—4/5. 3/3, 2/-. Box plan at Mclntoshs.