AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVEftYBODYS PICTURES. y. iiILLIAN GISH IN “THE WIND” TO-NIGHT. TLillian Gish has furnished the world many surprises; her roles have ranged from the picturesque sweetness of the “The White "Sister” to the tragic sacrifice of Hester Pyrnne, but it has remained for “tile Wind,” her newest Metro-G cd Iwy n-Mayer vehicle, now playing 'at the Princess Theatre, to bring out a new side to the actress’ maiiy-Sicled versatility. It is a story of eleinehtal emotions in a primitive land ; a land where the cyclone, the Norther and the dreaded sandstorms continually lash and sear the souls of those within it; where primitive passions nlle find only the fit survive. The play is an adaption by Frances Clarion of Dorohy Scarborough’s famous romance of the “wind country,” directed by Victor vSeastrom. Miss Gish plays “Letty,” the victim of Nature’s fury and men’s passions. Lars Hanson, who' played opposite her in “The Scarlet Letter,” is seen again with her, this time fts a,, Western .Cowboy. Lillifch one could never associate with the harsh things in life, learned to cook, scrub floors, and a myriad r diflicult tasks, made doubly "difiicult by primitive impleand almost aboriginal facilities, in her role as “Letty” in “The Wind,” the. strangest role she has ever played bn the screen. She learned to do just as the pioneer women of the prairies had to do in' the days when hardships ruled in the grim “wild country” find woman was a drudge day in and out,. These details are strikingly shown’ in “The Wind” a. Metro-Gold-wyhiMayer production which comes to the Princess Theatre to-riight. 1 A topical Scenic and Comedy will also be shown to-night. Mr F. Restieaux will supply the musical. side of the display to-night.