AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1920, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

HOLLARD*S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. Tiio popular screen artist Belle Bennett and Barney Sherry will ap]>ear in the big Triangle Feature “Reckoning Day” at the Princess Theatre to-niglit. A rousing story of a woman’s wit pitted against German graft and propaganda. The exposure of a huge charity fake organised by Hun blackguards. The woman lawyer who marked the beast and handed out a fitting punishment. Tlie innocent victim of Hunnish ferocity. A story based on actual facts divulged by secret service investigations. , A comedy. Gazette and scenic completes the bill of fare for to-night. ItIDGWAY AND SELL’S CIRCUS CASS SQUARE TO-NIGHT.

Ridgvay and Sell’s Circus, which is it present on tour on the Coast arrived in town this morning from the north, j having shown at Otira on Monday night and at Stafford last night. The I circus is a capital combination- and includes clever trick ponies, dogs and monkeys. In addition there is a; good strong combination of clever acrobats, hand balancers, wooden shoe dancers, gymnasts, trick riders and amusing clowns. A special item is one of mental telepathy, while fun in the stockyard with the buck jumpers is another feature that is always appreciated. An other interesting item is the military horse drama with a British soldier and two Turks’. Popular prices. Orchestra at 7.30. performance at 8 sharp.

j McLEAN’S PICTURES. “THE SOUL OF BUDDHA.” FRIDAY. Admirers of Theda Bara, the William Fox star, will see this portrayer of vampire roles in “The Soul of Buddha,” which was written by Miss Bara herself at the Princess Theatre on Good Friday night. “The Soul of Buddha” tells of a beautiful half-caste Japanese girl who becomes a novitiate in the Temple if Buddha ns a dancing girl. The High Priest loves her, but is spurned by Bnvahari (Theda Bara). Escaping fl-om the temple she elopes with an English Army Officer who marries her. The [High (Priest vows vengeance. Wlicrccver the-, couple go they are confronted with the Hindu death sign. To escape the vengeance of the fanatics the couple leave for France. Then Bavahari leaves her husband and prepares to go on the stage with a dancing act copied after the sacred dance she did in the temple. .The High Priest learning of her whereabouts follows her to Paris.. He is engaged as a Buddhist idol to decorate the scene and ns his former dancing girl appears for the dance lie jumps from his pedestal and before the horrified audience carries’ out his threat of death. The picture is full of dramatic intensity and is a faithful reproduction of the mysteries of the Far East.