AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY* PICTURES. ■ ij, ?' “DYNAMITE.” | TO-NIGHT/ AND TO-MORROW, i / : i\i . < v ’4 . Spectacular ajnd thrilling to the ninth degree, Cecil B. De Millcs first talking production, “Dynamite,? allows this super-director to take one of the biggest Ibows of his career, and provides screen patrons with a production that should keep : all of. them talking for many weeks after, seeing it. It is certain that local moviegoers will flock to the Princess Thea-. tre when it is presented there tonight and, to-morrow. Scintillating, society panoramas are blended into an enthralling dramatic situation in'which a , coal miner and his rival for the hand of a society .-.girl face death together, a thousand feet below the earth. One must praise whole-heart-edly the exceptional work of Conrad Nagel as a young society gadabout, Kay Johnson, brilliant stage star, as. a girl of high social position, and Charles Bickford, another stage favourite, as Hagon Derk, the miner. It is difficult to say which of-these play.-: ers gives the he3t characterisation,, but sufficient to remark that each on#. helps make “Dynamite” rank several miles ahead jof the average screen re-, lease. The fine cast of the picture also-includes Julia Faye,r who has beerr seeti in many other De Mille photoplays, Robert Edeson, Scott Kolk, Leslie Fenton and Joel AlcGrea. “Dynamite” is far more than a “type” picture. It belongs in no classification. It i@ the genius of Do Mille at his best, aided by what is perhaps the most original plot ever conceived for the screen. ' ’A 1 -good supporting programme wu also be presented. .. prices: 3s and 2s, plus tax. Reserves at Mclntosh s. -I THE GLOOM CHASERS. sipitg. o ; f /a' ’ heavy'/ downpour of rain . .Saturday 1 evening 'there was a :i very'' good attendance at Theatre to greet the Gloom Chasers Vaudeville Company and those present spent a very enjoyable two and a half hours .of joviality'... A, special Jeatuip df .ithe -bright ' entertainment, was the., nfi^r*a'bsence.. J ..waiting the'items, which followed one another with a rapidity that was very refreshing and altogether pleasing to the audience. The Company is a versatile one headed by Ron Shand, a' cortiediail whose every appearance was satisfying. He gave many eccentric dhnees' all was 1 recalled. iune'..jWid again. All -his dialogues with Letty Cray don were bright and entertaining, full of quips and.laughter making sayings. He made a decided ' typical' lnt' when a heavy shower :made speaking difficult by ask-ing--what-. Noalr-said when, it-rained• and the reply “Ark to it” won a round of applause. The Sunshine Girla ihtrpduced some clever dance' and/'cliorus work -'while the. soloist. Mr.;Albert Carlyle who possesses am . welcome appearance was Dance'items, choruses, !- ' dialogues and short; skeicbekykept ' the 'stage' well occupied; and audience well. pleased, the, whole'/m/tkiiig an entertainment bright;. and! wholesome that sent home the audiei#"ey welt satisfied. Mrtsharid thanked the audience for their and many maiics of approval, seating that a return visit be made in the course of a -Couple of weeks. The performance whs, materially assisted by an enlarged'orchestra of which the clever execution,.of the pianist was a specially approved-feature. g'H.:'