AMUSEMENTS.
A wonderful photo-play lias been built around Booth Tarkington's very, human story of life in Platville, "The Gentleman from Indiana," now being shown at the Opera House. . Bootn, Tarkington's stories are _ immensely, popular for their true-to-lif#*' charao-- ; ters. Men and women, gooa arid l bad', ■ are just like the people we all-know, : j in our own town, but the master hanoivi of the author weaves lives, and, loves, their follies and vices into tho web of a powerful novel, throbbing,; with incident and 1 abounding in dramatic situations. "The Gentleman from Indiana" is John Harkness (played by Dustin Farnum), the big 'varsity footballer who goes down to Platville to run the Platville' Herald, knocks out ~ the corrupt political boss system, , breaks tip the notoi'ious Whitecaps, and falls in love with the sweetest girrm the town. It is a great story,. Audi if , anything, is even greater on>the_filnj. A good selection of supporting items complete the programme. . '■
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue 13181, 20 June 1917, Page 3
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157AMUSEMENTS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue 13181, 20 June 1917, Page 3
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