AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

GRAND DOUBLE STAR TO-NIGHT

Maurice Costello, the first groat star of motion pictures, who lias recently returned to the screen after a long absence, will ho seen in one of his best character roles in “ Shamrock ami the Rose,” his latest picture, released by .Master Pictures, which will be the feature attraction at the Princess Theatre to-night. The name of Costello seems destined to find its place among the traditions of the screen, lor already his two young daughters, Helen and Dolores, have won enviable places among the first-rank stars. Maurice Costello, a native of Pittsburgh, where he was educated, was a veteran of eight years on the stage before the advent ol the motion picture. One of the first legitimate players to embark on a screen career, lie won immediate recognition with the Vitagraph Company. “A Tale of Two Cities” and “Mr llarnes of New York,” among his earliest pictures, are but two of the downs which.will never be forgotten. .Many of his co-workers in those early days have passed on, Alary .Maurice,. Earle Williams and Bill Quirk, among others, and others have retired permanently from the screen.- Pul to-day, as fifteen years ago, he occupies an important place, peculiarly his own. hi addition to Mr Costello,' the cast of tin's Owen Davis play includes Olive Hasbrouek, Edmund Burns, Mack Swain, William Strauss; Leon Holmes, Coy Watson, Otto Ledercr, Dot Earley and Itose Rosonova. The picture was produced by Chadwick Pictures Corporation. The second bid feature comedy in tonight’s display “ Breakfast at Sunrise,” introduces Connie Talmadge. In •’Breakfast at Sunrise,” Constance r l alma dgo does one of the most entertain- ; ing impersonations of her entire career as a Parisian belle who embarks on a strange matrimonial venture. Opposite her in the cast are Don Alvardo, Bryant Washburn, Paulette Duval, Alice White, Marie Dressier, Burr McIntosh, David Mir; Albert Gran, and Nellie Rly Baker. On Friday, Hoot Gibson in “The Wild West Show.” SOLDIERS’ HALL. Mr Fred Smith’s Dance Orchestra arrived to-day from. Otira where a successful West Coast tour was opened last night. The Orchestra promises to bo as popular as ever. To-niglit the doors of the Soldiers’ Hall will open at 8.1.5 and dancing will be from 8.110 to 1 a.m.

The personnel of the Orchestra is the same as last visit and all the latest dance hits of the year will lie featured "via: ‘‘C'l.iquita,” “Shine On Harvest Moon,” “Get out and get Under the Moon,” \ “Laugh, Clown Laugh,” “Dusky Stevedore,” “Sleep Baby Sleep,” etc. The Orchestra will bo. at Mailm Gorge on Friday and. Harihari on Saturday, returning to Hokitika again for New Year’s Eve, when a very special dance programme will lie given.