AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

f VERY BOD Y 5 PICTURES “THE SIN SISTER” TO-NIGHT. 01 timely and absorbing interest is the theme (jf “The Sin Sister,” Fox Jfilm.s’ emotional drama of the frozen North country, which opens at i/ip Princess Theatre to-night. Jt is timely because of the present interest in the land , of ice and and midnight sun rpused by the dramatic experiences of various, expeditions into the Arctic and Antarctic regions. It is absorbing because of the varied reaction of a given number of human beings at the sW but certain approach of death

under conditions imposed by the bitter North. Their masks of civilisation are thrown aside, revealing men and women as the really are. This is the animating motif bock of “The Sin Sister.”- And with Charles Klein, director at the megaphone; with a cast of players like Nancy Carroll, Lawrence Gray, Josephine Dunn, Anders Randolf, Myrtle- Steelman, Richard Alexander, Frederick H. Graham, George David and David Callis, the result is doubly effective. “The Sin Sister,” was written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Becky Gardiner, both well-known in the screen writing field. Harry Belin, who did such a good job on the scenario of “The Big Parade,” has re proa ted the success in this yarn. Seldom is there a picture released which has two such beauties as Nancy Carroll and Josephine Dunn pitted against each other in the plot.

Both are opposite types and both are entrancing, Anders Randolf and Nlyrtle Stedman both come in for a proper shore of honours in tßteir vigorous characterization of the millionaire, Horn, and Sister Burton, respectively. •The Sin Sister” is an emotional tonic and a psychological study. The usual supports .will also be screened to-night. Oil Wednesday “Show Life.”