AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

“LFS MISERABLES”—TO-NIGHT

To-night the great screen classic “Les Misertibles” will bo shown at the Princess Theatre. This picture, produced by the Soeiete de& Oineroinahs of Paris, is of epic proportions. It is said to have taken more than two years to produce at a cost of running into millions of. francs. Many of the scenes of the French super picture were taken on the exact- locations indicated by Victor HuigO' in the novel. Leading actors from the French stage were engaged to portray the characters created by Hugo,, Gabriel Gabrio appearing as Jean Valiean. The other, principal' roles are enacted by players of equal note and the extra players, all in period dress, number thousands.

In the finished film, as exhibited throughout- France, there were more than six thousand separate scenes. So long was the complete picture that it was exhibited in a series of five showings. Universal has reduced the picture to (feature length, out many of the side excursions so dear to the heart of the French and leaving only the highly dramatic substance ot the story of Jean Vail jean. According to reviewers in the several cities in which the picture lias been shown in its present length, a gripping story unfolds on tile screen: in an astonishing succession of “big scenes.”

The prices to-night are: Circle 2s, stalls Is Gd, children under 12 6d, over 12. Is.

On Tuesday Madge Bellamy will be seen in a big; William Fox Special—- “ Very Confidential”—at usual prices.