AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. "ONE YEAR TO LIVE”—TO-NIGHT. One Year in Live." .M. C. Levee’* I’ilst National prudm Lion, which appears cl, the Princess Theatre to-night. • a .-lory dealing witli a girl who is i"ci ■ he ha- only one year to live ami ns-!.'oe<!-s to live it a.s recklessly at. she I-.ii ju’s iaiiv. The expected thing'would that the essentia I and most poignant pans 111 thill one year are tell to the imagination. No such thine in On,. Year to Live." Director Cummings has retained every portion of the Joan Hunter 'lory which newspaper reporters would refer to as "stark realism." Aileeu Pringle, as U.Uie De.ehanier, is shown debating! out having her high and las! king at! lit". VYheii she finally decides what i see dots decide, the camera trails her. Then Antonio .Moreno, in the role el j Tom Kendrick, refuses to accept the j love of l.oleite. a eelehrated Parisian! •tolii-er piayet! by Rosemary Tltehy, it! ■■ ■-} < .v. u v. by. The fact that .she loves! Prune!, imorpivicd by Jo-eph Ivilguui’. j ■- conveyed delicately, oi course, hut I "> ithout miming of words. Let him ! h : ".artts pure and unadulterated ! do-criptioo and'coherence in his enter- i la i mac n! loo!: t o “ (hie Year to Live " I

• • a brilliant example. In it is emir. !ie.| frankness of expression. Right p dar players, new ami old claimants of great picture popularity, will bring to the s'-reen performances that compere wit h. and perhaps supersede, the b- .: i*. 11 to (ilmdotn. Aileeu Pringle, whose wonh as a feminine lead is •i e Lp-lied, is beloved by film fans, ve o - ill remember her line performance in ■■ A Thief in Paradise." A.s a Leioil ii'id Prom-h g-ir! who is told by hi- physician that she has lint one n.-r I-' live, and proceeds to live it in lev own startling way. .Miss Pringle will prove a revelation. Antonio Mrvuo. whom Rex Ingram has termed the “original screen sheik, - ’ will ere -he role of Tom Kendrick, an ‘in re ii army officer for whom the Hr -i: -h girl makes love u;i eternity I ihe few weeks of her allotted He. .Moreno will ho seen in one of the '!'■ -1 stirring portrayals of his career. H e ' ther sis .Stellar players are Dorothy Maekaill, Rosemary Thebe. L - i'h Kilgour. Sam do Grasse. 'Rose ' w, and ('hosier Conklin. Further ccnii'i'i's <d t!ie serial and a good eolilt'd y complete the programme. (hi Saturday the great stage piny, Peg O’ My Heart." starring Lmtrette kavlor. will lie presented.