AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

■ • •** • » EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. “BLACKMAIL. >> In a role said to eclipse smj|i mem-, : ora bio' characterisations as “Little • Caesar”' and “Five Star | Ed--1 ward G. Robinson comes to 'flic yifrincess Theatre to-night in “Blacknifiil,” powerful and thrill-packed ’ ’ tri'lb of a wronged man hylic dedicates -his ; life to revenge.' Ruth Russey, who "rcqoiit|y scored in “The Women” and'’“Ma>sie”, enacts his wife in the ncyi.pro'duc-' tion, with Gene Lock hart cast in one of his rake 1 villainous parts, ’and little Bobs Watson of “On •Borrowed Time” fame playing Robinson’s son. ‘Others in tlie cast are Guinn Williamsj John Wray, Arthur Hold and Esther Dale, under the direction of H. C.". Potter. Although Robinson also is seen oil. the wrong side of the law in “Blackmail,” it is Lockhart who is guilty of the crime for which Robinson was sent to prison nine years before tile story opens. Having escaped and set up a new life as an oil well shooter finder an assumed name Robinson is recognised by Lockhart who blackmails him while professing friendship and pretending to mail to the police a 'confession to the crime. By a ruse, Lockhart secures, possession of his own signed Confession which he destroys. Then ho turns Robinson over to the authorities. Robinson, returned to a prison camp, again 'escapes, sets fire to an oil' well which Lockhart has attempted to steal from him arid corners his enemy .between himself and the fire’.