'SUNRISE'

Evening Star, Issue 20133, 25 March 1929, Page 7

'SUNRISE'

STRAND'G HEW FEATURE As a result of his work in ‘ Sunrise,’ the Fred W. Murnau picture which will have its premiere on Friday next at the Strand Theatre, George O’Brien will no longer be the hero of 11 Pollyanna ” films. Ever since O’Brien earned a place as a film star he has been unable to get away Irom his own personality. In every film in which lie worked prior to reporting for his part in ‘ Sunrise,’ O’Brien has been the up-and-coming hero. Whether as a featured player in a picture like ‘ Blue Eagle/ or the more pretentious ‘lron Horse,’' it has always been his job to he strong, handsome, and heroic, almost to the extent of being too good to be true. Those who aspire in careers before the camera may think that any actor ought to he Satisfied with parts of that kind. But the true artist wants o be somehing more than a symbol of virtue. To him the desire always comes to show his full range of powers, and 0 Biicn c\as no exception to this rule during his earlier years in Hollywood. As the husband in ‘ Sunrise,’ he gives what is for him an entirely new kind of performance. The character is a dull-witted, heavy fisherman—a man with an urge to step off the path of righteousness yet with enough conscience tc be the victim of struggling emotions. Naturally, the opportunity which such a role offers to display histrionic ability is something which is welcome to any artist.