AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 June 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYG PJCTURES.

‘‘TH E GAMBLERS’>‘^P-NIGIiT. “The Gamblers” was greeted enthusiastically by last, .night's aimience at. tne jL'iuieess llieat^e,;.,,. ; J,t undoubtedly marks one of the most-perfect achievements ot tlie screen to date. Situaeacli one vital and telling (a conir mentary on the keen. dramauc sense of Charles Klein, ;yfb.bs& drama of the / same name enjoyed a spectacular run on Broadway and the road), are rci created perfectly and rendered perfectly by the players. Director Curtiz makes discreet use of his genius for giving scenes at different cameraangles, and in bringing out the divergent angles of thought. /The story is that of two Wall Street financiers, a father and son, khuVn as the .“gambling Emersons.” The. ~ son oversteps the law in loaning money, and is caught in his own "net, and on the verge of a Govern/neht investigation. The prosecutor i&-'-married tp his former sweetheart, who trades upon her husband’s Jovgf3|Brrtier', to cause him to free youiig dfmerson from the charge of H. T 3. Warner, ~as the prosecutor, gives a-performance of subtelty and. restraint';; Lois Wilson is vivid and convf-adilg. jßo.bards gives a manly portMyal of the hotheaded y/)uth, . \yljde .. the veteran George FaiyCett, i&yfjual to repgta- ' tion as dife elder” ErSers’on.’ But to [ Johnny Arthur, <g,s ;? the dishonest • weakling clerk then laurels must be | given for a cbaradfbr bit, ot moving 1 and tragic authenticity. “The Gamblers” bolds the crowd..-spellbound from start to finish. It.*is..dramatic, colorful and suffused with tense emotion. Further chapters of the serial will also he included in tothigbt’s: display. Four short Talkies-tvill also be shown to-night. Prices: Circle, 3s 3d; Stalls, 2s; } children (under 12) downstairs, (id. Coming Saturday: Ihe Sarroii.Donovan fight. _