AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

**£VERYBODYS PICTURES

“BEAU SABREUR” TO-NIGHT.

After taking a vow never to look.at a woman to- devote, liis life to military missions,for,France, only to meet and, fall in, love witli a beautiful girl while performing one of those duties, fp&pa the basis of the story of “Beau which jvili be at, the Princess Theatre tcfopight. an.d'ywhich Para- . mount has adapted from Percival Christopher .’V^rens.,?sequ t e.i tp .“Beau ™fGeste.” . Cooper; is in the title role, tjiat of, Major .Henri de Bea.ojola.is, the beautifuj swordsman, a, dashing, virile and handsome officer in the French army, stationed .in Arabia' so that France might some day. make an empire of. the d<sert, wastes.. The girl, Mary Vanbrugh is an American visiting her military uncle iii Zaguig, on the Sahara,, and is k piayed by Evelyn Brent. On saves the life of the girl, then she is given tlie opportunity of reciprocating, saving him from, a certain'/dbath.; The girl and boy go tjirohgh a series of spectacular adventures, including battles- with fierce Touroga and;cpjnhats with desperate tribe leaders/'- Althpiigh he tries harcHriqt, jfc,Q loy-e the boy is finally conquered, and de- ’ - votion for France and his devotion for the girl go hand-in-hand cfosv ing .scene. A sweeping story,- a-cast pan-excellence among other things, make this mighty melodrama a fitting successor. to gal Han t “Beau Geste. The usual supports will also be shown. Selections by the orchestra and usual prices. ... ■ • - ; ' Tuesday!: “The Crimson City.”