AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. 'FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN AND /‘ ANNA Q. NILSSON —TO-NIGHT Tlio ago of miracles lias not yet passed. if yon doubt- this .statement, go to the Princess Theatre to-night where .‘-The Thirteenth .Juror,” a Univorsal.JewOl production is-hobling the screen, and, see Franeiss X. Bushman,. the dean pi' all motion picture stars, who appears- not a day over thirty. Mow lie does it no one seems to know, bid to see- him playing opposite the ou.'traucing Anna Q. Nilsson; is enough to knock all the other so-called younger l'eadng iiii'n into a rocked hat. lie has a heavy part, that of an elderly attorney. and he carries it with ail the pomp and Aereninny of a. regular brother bar associate. ; “The Thirteenth Juror” is a brilliant story of the last friendship of two men, even though the pleasures of one. causes heartaches for the other. It is_a perfect screen version of the sen-jspf-ipnnlly famous stage play “Counsel M'or the Defence,’.’, which was the talk of Broadway .when it first was produced in New Yorl>, by Henry Irving Dodge, the author. ■ The plot of .the story surrounds the unalloyed friendship of a prominent ami wealthy attorney who loves the twite of his best pal who has not been ‘so sii'eecsslul in tin* business world. Their friendship continues even after t'ho ‘marriage of Marsdon and Helen Krai no, and not until (.purge Quinn, a political boss, infers relations between Desmond and the pretty wife, does doubt creep in. Desmond, Lin* ever successful attorney, to prove his feeling towards Marsdon, takes his case when Quinn is found murdered and .Marsdeit is held for tin." crime. How ho saves his lifelong friend from life imprisonment is told in dramatic fashion in a crashing climax. Walter Pidgeon, George Siegmann, .Martha Mattox, Lloyd Whitlock and others form a commendable slippering cast. The picture was directed by Edward Laemmle. A Topical, Scenic and Comedy will complete a line programme. On Tuesday a Master .Picture “.Millionaires” starring George Sidney, Louise Fazenda, Vera Gordon, Nat Carr, Helene Costello, Arthur Lubin, and .’Jane Win ton. Mnwmizaa

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