AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

'EVERYBODYS PICTURES. ‘‘THE. CHINESE .PAItROT” . TO-NIGHT. Qne.of those rare pictures, so strange y sp-gripping, that it baffles description. / Filled with unearthly effects, haunting ip..its mysteiy, vibrantly thrilling with dyama. Based on the unfatlioinable theft of , a of world renowned pearls—the. ; key to the mystery is held hv,a Chinese .parrot. Earl Derr Diggers’ famous. Saturday Evening Post stpry bgst seller novel brought supremely to the screen! “The Chinese Parrot,” an absorbing, story of love and intrigue that reaches from the suniiy shores of Hawaii to the sunsauds of Death Valley, California, has been booked as the special attraction to be, shown at the Princess Theatre to-night, . Marian,Nixon, E<l- - and Hobart Bosworth head the.jong, and wellrknown list of players picture, which was directed by Paul of.foreign directors, who was recently brought tp this country by Laemmie, President of Universal - and is now under long term contract to that organisation. The ,a screen adaptation of Earl I)err jiggers’ story of the same name that created,a sensation when published' in" tlie Saturday Evening Post a few months ago. In the screen version all of the dramatic tenseness and mystery of the story is retained while the wider scope, possible in the filming is abided. , In ( addition to the players already mentioned those included in the cast are Florence Turner, K. So, jin. Fred Esmelton, Edgar Kennedy, George Kuwa,, Slimm Summerville, Dan Alnson; Anna May Wong, Etta Lee and Jack' Trent. The. prices, for this big special .to-niglit ( are ■Circle 2s, stalls 1b 6d,: children under 12 as usual. Tuesday:. “Irish Hearts” starring May MeAvoy.