AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

I EVERYBODYS pictures I “TIDE -OF -EMPIRE” I PETER B. KYNE’S STORY TOI NIGHT; I “Tide of Empire/’ Peter 13. Kyne’s I mighty romance of the 1849 California I gold-rush, which’ will be serened at-the I Prinppss Theatre tOxiiight isimore than ■v. a m ®re film play.- it”is a spectacular I pageant of a. glorious page in history; l/v it is a romance, delicate and haunting I as tin; breath ? qf tjie lilac, set aga’insi I the isiOge and' thunder of glorious ad-* 8 I venture,. Its. background is as huge I and powerful as tlie giant Sierras in I which it is laid. This new Metro-' I Goldwyn-hiayer production is a goi'I genus triumph for the studio that proI- duced it ; for. .Allan ,Dwan,. who direct-. I ed it; the author/who conceived-tit, I and for, Renee Adoree, Geoge Duryea I and the rest of the splendid cast that I transferred ,to. the screen the. mighty I llomance... Many pictures have been | called “epics” that may.'have fallen l short of deserving this‘title. P-Tide of I Empire” is not so -termed ducers," butJt, might well be. It has the huge scope of .-.the—epic—it? teller, of the. Spanish dojis,/relics'-of -sip .-old-, civilisation, swept from their-tranquil J grandeur hv the gold-seeking ..hordes... that ushered in a modern civilisation/ It also tells the dramatic story of unman struggle in the 'jyidh'eer fast--nesses. The glorious love story that runs, like a silver th read The t structure, will never he Ter gotten 'by those who see it. Renee Adoree has-.tke. leading feminine role, with George Duryea, William Collier, Jnr., Gectfge Fawcett and many other favourite® in well, cast roles. . The usual supports will also be showily including r Topicals and Comedy. ..... Tuesday: A,British production “Tlie Farmer’® ' Wife. V...; Wednesday: ‘‘The . Far Call.” ' - / '//: T/'- ’