FILM CRITICISED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 4

FILM CRITICISED.

iiLLBGIjD GN D.iJ3LB. (By Tcle.ffriW)li>-*-'Er.p.Es , ■AUcklah'dr 3&brtary:';2k : ■Pro.a'chJiig ill; Mount \ :Edoit'- JBaptisJ , ■Oliurcli tho Iteyi liot't,.refer rm to the evbisinsreafiiig £bjjtilai:ity of ..p;ieli}re en.l«i:Winriient;Sj 'grid to Atetflnno's aniMial^ expenditure on. .pictures,.' \yliidli vi:'as eStiriihte'd:vfe..;bo £=7S>QOO j>er :aranini. Ho c:(?hS'jSf3lui> \S'a.s necessary, rtud- JJipn' -pTflr.'■ deeded : tb d'doi jvith .-a .film recently sliqiyri ■ii'i Auciilahd'. tfittitlod "From 'Xlaiigei :tb G.rqs,s," and purporting to dbiiictitlie.lifo of Christ.. : JftflliKi6iis..pi.c'tifftes-.6.f .'tlic; right lypei such. as pas© % An ii iio Lee: Mehift. Hiirold Coiiing., and bthef inodenv '.a.f> lists, were reverent .awl 'beautiful, b,iit tlto jiroiiufitjoii of liiowiig'iiiictiir.es. as tlie bub '..in question iva ; s :):oj).iign|i.nt to the last degree, and; ' to blasphemy...' It could 'riot ;bo tlbiifc.fl Hint po.rtjqi.iS 'df the iil'i.n werJe iveaiif ifiil ii'ii'd roy.erejit, .notably i'lib&c. drilling, iy-iilt tire birth and ehiioilibod of dthcr seene's wc'fb Open tb s'eftou'J objeetii'bU, and, V. ?HMme.r»■t!^^■ ! fli^:.■..'■.■^^lfl , .speilO:/ii'i Pilate's -hall wjis eoifrscV; aijd t'iib.s.b defiling, frith tlie; ii:ticifijcj;qii} iv6t:e> .r.e.vbltii.uj*, Many ■people liad ■:sfiokd;ii/..t<i ; flihi oil' tlris Mm, 'and. -he ; line) .j-ffGpn'cd ■i.lu.'incmijs lettb'r's... ! H'b .]]'a:d ; : tar to aseertaiiV tlibSnfpwssibn-niade : :firi tliiS ni.tiuis. *jf ciiiidfek'SyKb' "liad :iep.ri. : t!i.b : liliii, and fte opin-ion Wnmj'iiotrs that it ma cruet .(iiid ;-lip.rkl|i.ioTHat tllo life tif;Jtois,::y; ; itli^ll. J i& ■high , lifealsi sigiiiftc?tiibb, !»iibJiE. ; fashion, aiict : sV:brla\ -in ■ ii.. viilgar Bet <sf of dividbiils was a .ci.vis'tic .cpinriicirfary on tlio .riioiidjf-malimg.■spirit.p'f'/tb.e. aP-C* ,;H ■:deserved tlio sevb'relt eoiideiniVrit'MS' all 'Cftiriisiiaiii people ■.\vlb'' , :iv.ould:-':diqr:tly hiiVo to 'their at't'itJido tSiytir.d's''.petAirb.'''.'Bliq\yS.i' , 'UilWa stftnig tftoriivs vi:ero iiiuiibdiiitclyfUiidbr: iakeit.' .';.:.....-^ : 'aC'i : -:>: -