AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBOOYS PICTURES

“THE CAVALIER” TONIGHT. ‘

Crammed with spectacular stunts and daredevil episodes, “The Cavalier,”. Tiffany-Stahl’s special production featuring • Talamadge, Barbara Bedford arid David yhicli is the current attraction at the Princess Theatre, posseses enough action for a dozen average motion pictures,.’ Yet Irvin Wil.lat, the director, has built up the story, ‘am adaption of Max Brand’s famous novel. “The Black Rider,’’ so skillfully that not a. single episode seems impossible or unlikely in view of what has gope before. “The Cavalier” pictures and exploits, literally breath taking and death defying, of that friend of right as against might called simply El Caballero, in preventing Ramon Torreno from succeeding, in uniting in marriage his son, Carlos, and beautiful Lucia D’Arquiista, whose iinproverished family have sent hep all the way from Spain to .the New World as the sacrifice which will restore their wealth and position, by means of Ramon’s ‘purchase price. Near the close of that long journey she meets El Caballero, and their passion and, determination that Lucia shall never, belong to Carlos involve them in happenings’-which sound incredible until, you actually see them on the screen. Richard Talmadge, of course, hs; the,tite role, and in it gives his greatest performance. Recalling this daring star’s. reputation for seemingly impossible stunis—once he did some-

thing just to pjoV.kTt wasn’t impossible arid blithely wore a steel cast because of, a- broken neck for the next few months haying sucessfullcy collected the wagers involved—it’s easy to predict that; “The Cavalier” will be popular. Lovely' Barbara Bedford has the role of Lucia, and David Torrence plays the grim old bully, Ramon. Tor re no,, with

David Mir for his worthless son, Carlo”

Lucia’s aunt is played by Nora Cecil Stuart Holmes has a. clever piece of characterization as a bombastic sergeant, and Christian Frank and Oliver Eckhardt are the overseer and the priest.

THE LATEST TALKIE

“THE TERROR”

WEDNESDAY AND THRIRSDAY

‘‘The Terror,” the latest and greatest mystery melodrama, 100 per cent. 0.11-talkiq/ will be presented at the Princess Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday evening. Spooky, thrilling, uncanny, ludicrous, absorbing, unique, are, some of the adjectives applied to it, :: ahd it is all of these. Based on the-London stage play of Edgar Wallace, whipth is. still going strong there three years," “The Terror” was adapted for the pictures by Harvey Gates Those who have seen .both stage and screen versions say that the latter is much more effective—on account of ‘Lie wider scope of the scientific possibilities of the latter. Four splendid -short talkies wilL-atso-bescreened. It is a wonderful 100 per cent, all talkie program me/ • •/ v •