QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17472, 5 June 1922, Page 11

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

- ■ ' » ■ Two big attractions delighted largo audiences at tho Qnsen's Theatre on Saturday. "The Road to Arcady" takea a high place in screen productions cf sterling quality. After the ball two daughters of society, nurtured amidst luxury, exchange confidences, and tell each other their dreams of the future. For one the dreams oi love ran smoothly, but for the other a lovolpsa marriage seemed in«vitaDio—love baitercd for gold t>y tho inexorable hund ct amuition. Xui& forms the theme of "Xhe Koatt to Axoady." In originality oi plot, in excellence ot cast, and perfection of production it takfca its place among the best pictures. l'he story, vital •in its significance, and embodying in its scope a deep ran jo of human emotions, ia told with a simplicity and earmastness that grip th® mind and heart, and stamp on the memory a lasting imprussion. Love always strikes & responsive chord in human nature, but •when that lovo is overshadowed by a tragedy that threatens to engulf three lives and tho catastrophe is avoided by the assertion of innate nobility of soul, the simple story rises to tho heights of the epic. The cast is one of the most admirably ever chosen for a photoplay. Virginia Lee is the Matured star, and creates a role replete with her charm, naturalness, and appeal, throughout the entire photoplay her portrayal is marked with that delicate restraint that is the esB6 Tho <srcond° attraction will be a. briUiant nictu ligation of the novel "At the Villa Bc?e" by A. E. W. Ma«on. It is a detective Btory full of exciting scenes and surprising There is an excellent supporting programme.