AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. “ DAAIAGED GOODS” TO-NIGHT At tlie Princess Tlieatre to-night Damaged Goods ’ tlie much-discussed propaganda film will lie shown. The deepest impression that the film story is said to make is the indictment against society denouncing the victimised woman; at the same time the aim is not to parade evil that good' may come of it. hut to reveal those pitfalls a Inch heset the path of the young man or woman entering the worldly struggle without that valuable knowoldge* or evil that should have been imparted to them l>v their parents. In the last lour years statistics illustrate the wonderful improvement effected by the universal 'movement. America’s progress in this regard stands first on the list, and the highly successful result achieved indicates that the army of workers who set out on this brave crusade have been compensated for their suiKw-nunmn efforts, not in the physical scenes so much as by making the careless-minded and prudish section of the public realise the immense danger Unit threatened the whole nation’s safety now and in years to follow. By order ol tile New Zealand censor, mixed audiences are prohibited*, and that children under the ago of 111 years must not he admitted. The management lias therefore decided to show Damaged Goods ” to segregated audiences, ladies in (he dress circle, and men in the stalls. I he prices are: ‘Js circle and stalls.