AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

RVERYBODYS PICTURES.

"LIFE’S CIRCUS” TO-NIGHT. A shbw 'within a show—a picture yet a ciVcits. That’s "Life’s Circus.” All the thrills} the gaiety, the daring, and the atmosphere of the circus flashed on to life screen as you sit and enjoy-the most dramatic and the most entertainingl ‘story of thd ’ sawdust ring ever written. t Here is visualised'the thrill of the circus ring-nthe daring of the wird ( walk'^rsf, ; the skill of tHo riders—sensation—spectacular speciality acts, and' throughout ‘these’‘breath-taking sequences, a "story of'a‘ delicate girl’s p3i*secUtioh at the” hands, of an unscrupulous power-craving father, and her rescue by two brothers who hated erich" other. The Cirque Modern is in Paris “and a turn called-'the "Death Glide” is advertised in which a young girl : makes a sensational and dangerous descent in a car down a y?!ip way. She shrinks from the ordeal’ but is coerced"’ by a brutal stepfather and fall’s into a state of ’nervous'prostration. The Flamingo Brothers, eccentric rope dancers, though, , performing together speak to each other, GastoA’"having' wronged‘his brother Ralph ye'ats previously. Ralph loves the girl and' her oppressor. In an en-

deliv'duF to atone’ for "the past, Gaston tak'ds his place,’ a'nd" attacks, but does not *kilT the stepfather, for lie is shot by his long-suffering wife who is tried hut acquitted.', The' circus performance seen in’ this'picture is in itself a first class' entertainment; the sustained interest, for the’spectator is constantly expecting something tragic to happen, is' delicately handled. Humour is supplied diy some’'" eccentric turns in the 1 cimis. Ralph’s chivalry developing into love is pleasingly introduced. " Life’s Circus ” is a First National production 'and' will' be shown at the Priii’cess Theatre to-night.

Further chapters of the new serial, a topical and comedy will the display. Selections by the orchestra.