AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

“ NEVADA ” TO-NIGHT.

The Zano Grey name and the Paramount trademark are always good entertainment insurance, and this latest release, “ Nevada,” is declared to he one of the best western tales so (far translated to the screen. The cast names promise splendid performances. Gary Cooper is the star, a husky young daredevil, horn in the West, and typical of Western heroism. Thelma Todd, lovely golden-haired actress, ; s the leading woman. William Powell, finest villain of all in this field of film drama, never fails to make an audience hate him as a scoundrel and respect him as an actor. Philip Strange, Ernie 8. Adams, Guy Oliver, Christian J. Frank and Ivan Christy are other strong names. “ Nevada,” a tale of romance and adventure, pictures the Old West at its height, bad men were at their worst, heroes at their host, and heroines most adorable. It is a picture of rapid-fire action, hard-riding, straight-shooting, clashes between cattle rustlers and law-abiding men, and a. warming story oil' love in which there is great suspense. John Waters, noted for his handling of western stories, directed. it is said to be the best of the long series. When trouble comes, it comes in bunches. And if Wallace MacDonald, star of the railroad chapter play, “Whispering Smith Hides,” didn’t end up in a bunch off trouble last week at the Princess Theatre, then we don’t know what trouble is. Not satisfied to frame him on a murder charge and jump his homestead claim while he was in jail, the seoundrely Gunlock Hole gang had everything fixed to kill when he got. out. Unaware of the danger ahead, he entered the old Painted Horse Mine tunnel and took the pretty heroine with him. Suddenly attacked from all sides at once, the girl took an unlucky step and fell down a deep mine shaft. Overcome by numbers, the hero was hurled down after her. The outcome of this unfortunate incident will be seen in the forthcoming chapter, and we predict that it will not be a funeral. On the contrary, it is said that the next episode, entitled “Railroad Gold,” which will be shown on Friday, out-thrills everything that has gone before.