POLLARD’S PICTURES.

Grey River Argus, 20 July 1922, Page 8

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

To-night at tho Opera House Pollards present a change of programme, when “Rio Grande” featuring Rosemary Thoby in a stirring drama of Mexico will be screened* On Friday night and «t the matinee on .Saturday afternoon

and again on Saturday night, a now King Vidor production called “Jack the Knife man’’ will be presented. Tho plot of this delightful story deals with a little known locale in tho States,

and its quaint characters —a shanty boat colony along the banks of the Mississippi, while its central character old Peter, “the Jack-Knife Alan,” has been drawn from life by the author

—being a stage characterisation of his uncle. “The Jack Knife Alan” is a homely little tale, full of humour and pathos. It introduces many new characters to the screen, one of the most

unique being the “crying woman.” In direct contrast there is a Singing Tramp, a likeable scamp who figures prominently in rhe action of the story.

“The Jack-Knife Alan” is a picturisation of the novel of Ellis Parker Butler by that name. It is the best book this talented humorist lias written since his widely read “Pigs is Pigs.”