AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY* PICTURE*

ALL TALKIE

'To-night i

TO-NIGHT I

Warner 13ros. all talking special will be shown at, the Princess Theatre- this (Thursday) evening. The last and probably the most stirring .'geographical atlyenture . that the . jvorld 'affords is vividly shown ..by Warner Bors. in their aviation .special; ; ‘Conquest’ ’ whiqh stars Monte Blue under the. dir-" ection of Roy Del Ruth and comes to the Princess Theatre on Wednesday and; Thursday,. ..The aerial, search for the (South Pole -is. the exploit about which the.slory is -woven. Blue appears as the .pilot of. a giant tri-motor-ed .plane which is launched on two ..attempts; to,iconquor the uncliartedvfroze,n yyildnbss of the Antarctic- With hjm as his navigator is his ,life-long pal,-played /by H. B. Warner. How the Jtwo,. buffeted by the elemental savagery of the zone, turn [instinctively to in their .extricate themselves after, the crack-tip of, .their plane, gives the story a vitality 1 , seldom conveyed to the screen. The love.of both for the fiancee of one is a -strong moti-,. voting force in the tense, action. Lois Wilson plays the part, of the woman through love-;for whom .their regard fop. each other <changefp-Nto hate.. Others in. the sist are Ed-; : mund Breese and Tully Marshall. “Conquest” is based on tjie 5 popular novel, “The Candle in .the Wind;’! by Alary : Imlay Taylor. Eve" FJosell wrote the screen adaptation and C. Graham) Baker the scenario. .. -y rz.Eive short all 4al,kie sjhjects will. also be shown to-night. Owing to no pictures on Good Friday, the serial will be shown on Thursday and Saturday. .On Saturday next another big 100 per cent talkie, “Light Fingers” starring Ivan Keith, [Dorothy Revier.' A great all talking crook drama, also two all talkie shorts.