AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. “WON IN THE CLOUDS” —TONIGHT. 1 Won in the Clouds,” the Universal nerial melodrama which comes to the Princess Theatre here to-night is perhaps one of the greatest air films yet produced. The story itself is one of the most thrilling tales ever published nnd the screen version has added tasty bits of dramatic action that cannot be written. It is a wonderful picture with just the needed amount of love, pathos, dramatic action and comedy interspersed in the plot so as to make a highly interesting entertainment. The opening shot finds Doctor Cecil James with his daughter and her maid travelling through the jungles of Africa in search of John James and a fabled diamond mine. They are taken prisoners by the natives and Portuguese Jack, an unscrupulous adventurer, who has charge of the mine, and are forced to undergo many hardships. A 1 Blake, a wealthy adventurer and air ace, is sent by the president of a large diamond syndicate to discover where all the diamonds arc coming from and when he reaches Africa he finds Doctor James and his daughter Grace, to whom he was at one time engaged, prisoners of the to rescue James and his daughter, but while he and his pilot, Hogan, are trying to effect a rescue Jack gets wise and trouble begins. However, after many futile attempts and the near death of the prisoners, the picture is brought to an interesting and thrilling climax with plenty of rib-tickling comedy to hasten the action of the story. To miss this picture would be to miss an event in your life. A 1 Wilson, filmdom’s most daring air ace, is the star of the picture, while the supporting cast includes such players as Arthur C. Goebel, winner of the Dole trans-Pacific air race, Helen Foster, George French;* Frank Rice, Ai Prisc-oe and many others. Brpce Mitchell directed the picture. Coming Wednesday.—Adolphe Menjou in “ A Gentleman of Paris.”

v PERRY BROS.’ CIRCUS AND f ZOO. COMING VISIT. FRIDAY. The circus is one of the oldest kind of amusements. Through the years it has undergone many changes, but of it this can lie said: Its popularity has in no way decreased. The circus enjoyed popularity in the days of the Romans; its popularity is undiminished to-day, as is clearly demonstrated whenever a combination comes along. In New Zealand travelling (circuses are rare, but whenever they appear on the scene: they are Warmily received. Three years have passed A since the last circus visited Hokitika. The long interval will bo broken by the appearance on Friday, January 11th, of Messrs Perry Bros.’ circus and zoo. which have gained high praise wherever exhibited. • The zoo is an extensive one, containing a large assortment of animals. Speaking of the circus, the ‘ Lyttelton Times ’ of Wednesday’s issue says Attendances at Perry Brothers’ circus indicnte clearly that this time-honoured form of entertainment has lost, nothing of its attraction. , The big tent-Tins been crowded to cap- ( acity in spite of somewhat adverse ’ weather. !The circus is one of. the very best, and has novel turns in it by the do'jen. The programme is varied widely between the artistic fooling of Klento and Kay, the two clowns, and the trapeze stunts of the Lorenzos. In fact, the number and extraordinary variety of the acts on the programme of Perry Brothers’ circus. is a striking feature. The circus is particularly strong in acrobatics, the performances of the Lorenzes, Babette and the Five Verduns are outstanding. Attached to the circus is a good menagerie, where strange animals from all parts of the globe may lie seen.