QUEEN'S AND KING EDWARD THEATRES.
The school boy hero is invariably a popular character, both in fiction and in fact. Such a person is tho leading attraction in " Tho Pinch Hitter," the loading picture submitted for the first time yesterday at tlie (Queen's and Kiii£ Edward Theatres. Just as popular as football may bo ill Nev, Zealand, so is baseball in the sporting world of America and Canada. Joel Panker is looked upon by his country associates and fellow-college students as one who is in every way an "impossible softy." His entry to college life only tends to intensify his weakness of character until, by the sweet persuasion of a pretty young woman, with whom he has oomo in contact, he decides to' join the college baseball team. Of course, he _ succeeds in his venture, and becomes the idol of his irate parent, his school mates, a,nd another w.ho accepts him as hor mate in life. The story is of a humorous nature, and is splendidly produced and acted, while its settings also claim some degree of merit. " The Pinch Hitter" is a typical American story, excellcntly_ presented by the camera and cleverly conceived by the author. The main picture is supported by a number of other subjects of no small degree of merit.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17084, 16 August 1917, Page 3
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214QUEEN'S AND KING EDWARD THEATRES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 17084, 16 August 1917, Page 3
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