"FORBIDDEN PARADISE."

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18418, 26 June 1925, Page 7

"FORBIDDEN PARADISE."

"BETWEEN" FRl2>"Dis.' LIBERTY THEATRE, TO-IXOREOW. "roroidden Paradise," an Era;; LubiUch Pa.-'jrucuEt. production, starring Pola >"cgri, vriu bo the feature at, Liberty commencing to-morrow. Tho story, adapted from the stage play, "The Czarina," is a, romance c: lore and intrigue in an Hummed Balkan kingdom. Rod La Rccque, Adolpbe Menjc-u ar.d Pauline Starke are featured in sumiort cf the star. Pola Xegri is her* in tho "kind of lole that made her famous, in a production directed me man • v-ho £:st discovered her and introduced her to the public in "Passion." In this ehe displays all the chanr. and seductiveness that have made her ono of the most talked o: personages on the screen "to-day in a picture directed by a fho knows he: every whim and fancy, a man, who, so to speak, has grown rijht up with her on tho screen. "Forbidden Paradise. in other words, is a Xesrri-Lubitsch sensation, a picture t.i plea.se everyone. La Kocque plays the rolo of a. young ancy officer in the kingdom '.I which Pcla jCeg'ri its Czarina. He loves Anna, a lady-in-waiting to the but the eyes of the queen fall upon hint, ana she desires his love. Rather than lose him. she threatens him with death if ho clisresorcls her favours. Tho ' drama, which builds around the unusual triangle cf an army .fiieer and iwo women, cne of whom command-, his allegiance, out not his heart, h ono oc the ino?t sweeping ever filmed. Lubitsch is a waster in the reproduction of European CovH- :-«--—• r., in which "For- ■'• r>. Paradise" fiboundi. The second feature on the programme, "Between Frienda," a Master picture, C2il3 fcr a most fantastic and bizarre 6cene, a ;iizz cafe. A futurist artist, who is wellknown, but who-was in a period cf financial depression when this cafe set was being planned, found his way into tho. studio, and nlepded hunger and a chance to do almost o-nvthin? so long as it brought him food. As soon as> the director discovered the artistic tendencies of this creative genius, who exacted a gromise that his name should not be mentioned, he was given carte blanche to proceed with the set. Seldom has such ■ a sc-ttimr b?en given, according to those conversant with tho technique- of the studio. The orchestra- is seen in convict garb, and dne3 its playing behind ba-r3. ileve words fail f" describe the various decorative features, but all the liberties of futuristic arthave been taken, as well as Borne that are not included within that scope. There is a verr fine cast, including Lou Tellegen, Xorman Kerry. Alice Calhoun, and Anna Q NT.sson in the principal rol?s. The story oemes from the pen of Robert W. Chambers, o r,„ n t tl,e meet admired and m-ch-fie writers of fiction, who has contributed much to its literary st-andine in all its phases—noveis, short "stories and tho screen. There is also an excellent supporting programme, including a Mack Sennett comedy, "The Linn and the Sou=e." Intending r.itrons are urged to book their seats at The •R-W-.i p;*T> 0 Company, or ring Liberty Theatre, 2366.