AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

everybodys pictures.

‘•HIE VAGABOND TRAIL-” . TO-NIGHT. ->Ji,ss Marian Nixon, who plays oirpo.site Clmrles Jones in "The Vanni.nnl ; 1ra. , 1,” which comes to the ITin“'vs I heat re to-night is a Baby Star, -te was elevated to this constellation I Ul ° ‘Mainpn.s,” who conferred the honour upon this wistful little miss niter Jier appearance opposite Jones in "Gupid’s Fireman,” the William !' s < 'een adaption of Bichard Hard•‘dory, “Andy .McGee's thorns Girl.” Annually, the "Wampas,” better known as the Western Association oi Motion Picture Advertisers, makes diligent search through the studio and from a vast number of young women working in the pictures, select thirteen oi the most promising—young women, wlm, by recent achievements, give promise of stellar rank, .In the past years, not a single Baby Shir so selected has failed tic achieve eminence in the picture world. Miss Nixon started her screen career as an extra girl in “The Temple of lows.” Her next step was an unimportant: role with ..Dustin Fariimu. Following t his she was cast- opposite Jones in “Big Dan’” and “Cupid's I.*ireman’’ and supported John Gilbert in “Just Off Broadway.” Her work with Jones in “The Vagabond I rail’ is said to he .superior to any other pictures in which she played.

On Thursday Zone Grey’s famous story “To The Last Man” should attract a large house al the Prim ess Theatre. ’This is a superb, virile western drama, a picture that all fans will enjoy. It is a. screen masterpiece tilled with thrills and possessing great upl I - Coming Monday: “The Woman on the Jury.” The celebrated Scottish basso, William Jleughan, .the king of Scottish song, will make his first appearance in Hokitika shortly.