AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1927, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES

JAMES OLIVER CUR WOOD STORY —TO-NIGHT. Those who (leery " Americanizing in(luenee of motion pictures ” will do well to see “The Flaming Forest,” a AletroGoldwyn - Mayer special production based on .James Oliver Ctinvood's novel of the same name at the Princess Theatre to-night. Here is a thrilling, graphic romance made by an American company, with players of many nationalities, directed bv a Scot, describing in intimate detail one of the most important and romantic events in Canadian history- -the settling of the great North West territories of the Dominion and the formation of that famous constabulary— the Royal Canadian North West Mounted Police. Many months were spent by experts in examining Government records, private documents and official memoranda, in order to insure absolute accuracy in transferring this romantic and stirring period to the screen. Technicolour sequences have been employed to bring out the full splendour of the police uniiorms scarlet and gold and blue; and one of the most inspiring moments in the whole production is when the Union .lack of the empire on which the sun never sets flutters in the breeze over the North West territory. Renee Aduree, Antonio .Moreno, Gardner James, licit Roach and Tom OMirien appear in this production, which is destined to be a tremendous success, with an unbounded appeal to every man ami woman in the Empire. A cartoon, topical and comedy will complete the display to-night. On Wednesday Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Beatrice Lillie and Jack Picklord in “ Exit Smiling.” CARTER THE GREAT.

P RINOESS TN EA T R K—T [■ES DA Y

.Mirrors are now being made which distort the truth and disprove the old ■saying that “ a mirror cannot tell a lie.” A woman who went to buy a dress in May fair sighed with relief when she looked at herself in the mirror that was placed in the centre of the softly furnished fashion room. She thought that she was really getting thinner and that the dress was giving her the right slim linos and decided to huy it at once. When she reached home anil eagerly lifted the dress from its tissue paper wrappings and tried it on, site saw unsightly lines and creases which she had not observed in the fashion salon. The new dross did not make her look any thinner, hut. on the contrary gave her the plump effect that she was trying to avoid. From time immemorial magicians and illusionists have popularly been reputed to employ

cunningly concealed mirrors in many of their astounding effects. Carter the Great and Ill's company of assistants, who appear at the Prieness Theatre 10-mnrrnw (Tuesday) night. eschews the utilization of mirrors or glasses of any kind in the attainment of an unusual perfection in illusive effects and in his latest modern miracle called the ‘'Elongated Maiden.” The head, arms and legs of a pretty girl are stretched yards away from their natural positions without apparent discomfort; the simplest solution to this astounding net would be to say that, the demoiselle was in some way equipped with with false limbs and bond; Carter smilingly anticipates bis auditors and invites numerous of the “Doubting Thomases'’ to oome upon the stage and tickle the soles of the feet, shake the hands and feed the wandering, though smiling, head lion-holts and whisper in her longdistance ear, lion mots. Unlike the lady in Mayfair the “ Elongated Maiden ” takes no umbrage because her lines and symmetry are distorted. The box plan for to-morrow night is open at Misses Mclntosh’s.