'ANNIE LAURIE'

Evening Star, Issue 20059, 27 December 1928, Page 15

'ANNIE LAURIE'

OPENING TO-MORROW t It is doubtful if anything more appealing and entertaining has ever been screened than Motro-Goldwyn-Mayci a spectacular production ol ' Annie Laurie ' which opens at the Octa,roM Theatre to-morrow night. : Never ’ m all her brilliant ; career lias Lillian Dish had a 1010 \ so entirely sidled to the talent as that i ol Annie ' Eanrie. the Scottish . Joan ol ( Arc. In Hiis romance siie has unproex- j dented scope' for the tenderness, the subtle lure, and the sincere dilution j which she invariably infuses into her roles. From the lirst. awe-inspiring scene tno picture breathes the rugged Highland ( spirit that has survived the centuries, ■ and reproduces, every phase ol this story j with magnificently colonrlnl realism < The mighty drama of the Highlands, l the glorious -pectacle ot enormous clan gatherings, the personal rivalries, jcal-ouSte-s, and hatreds ol Highland ciiieltains and then clansmen, and last, lint not least, every touching phase of. the sweetest love story in Scottish history —all are presented in a vivid kalcido\scope of magnificent entertainment, [authentic to the last detail. The whole picture is a gorgeous piece of entertainment. It combines the romance of fable and song, the surge and thunder ot clan and cleavage, and a charming love’story. Which aspect of the store" it is that holds the most appeal is ‘difficult to say. lor everybody loves a good light, and it is, said that at! the world loves a lover. Certainty 'Annie Laurie' abounds in both. Th<» rivalries and (calonsie-s and bitternesses of the clans Campbell and M‘Donald form the basis ol many a grim struggle on the heathery hillsides or among the rugged peaks ; and a more stirring sight than the famed “ gathering of the clans ” would be difficult indeed to imagine, and all so realistically produced for thus picture by the screen, ft is Scotch, bat wonderfully human for the rest of the world, and there are not 'many people who turn down anything Scotch, when all is said and done. The film will be given special , presentation at the Octagon, an appropriate musical score has been arranged for the concert orchestra by Motts.- de Rose, while Arthur Lungiey. the popular baritone, will sing the immortal ballad from’the stage.