AMUSEMENTS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8476, 22 December 1923, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

COZY PICTURES. The programme showing to-night deals with life on the cattle ranches of Southern California-. Hoot Gibson is the leading .actor, who does some thrilling feats. Lassoing and round-ups among the ancient gold mines of Aztec in Mexico are well depicted, The supports are exceptionally good, and include the English Derby, and some remarkable high jumping in slow motion. The comedy Maudie, the Kicking Mule, are exceptionally good. The orchestra supplies the music. KING’S PICTURES. Once again Selznick offers that splendid combination —Big Mitch Lewisi in a big picture of the North West. Big in every way. Big star, big plot, big action, big mountain scenery—these go- to make the picture “Children of Banishment at the Town Hall tc-nighl.

The plot of this picture is a thrill ing one—one that will hold you to the end. It is the story of a man of the North-west —a man with a strict moral code and a big heart. He wins- out in two- of the biggest and most important fights in lifeOne is to make a financial success of life, and the ether is to win the love o fa- woman.

“Children of Banishment” was filmed'in the real Northwest country and the picture certainly shows it. Some of the most beautiful scenes imaginable are shown, and the entire working procedure- of a lumbering camp is demonstrated. The lofty peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where the picture was filmed form the background throughout. “Fascination” is announced for Monday night.