IMPORTANT PICTURE COMING.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 44, 10 April 1930, Page 5

IMPORTANT PICTURE COMING.

Assured one of the most powerful novels ever filmed is P.' Marion Crawford's "The White -Sister" the Inspiration Production, filmed in Italy and released by Metro-Goldwyn whi<jh will be screened at the King George Tiheatre on Good Friday night Only;

A love tale more tragic has never been" penned; the story of Angela ;and her soldier lover separated by such aa impassable barrier taking its place with tire great romances poets have sung in verse. '. . . . .' • '-.."

This classic novel ;3ias been given a setting worthy, of ?its pla.ee "*in literature. Henry King wa^' chosen to direct it. He was given a big cast" of-playeTS, headed by Lillian Oish! and including Ronald Colman. Oail Kane, J. Barney Sherry and Charles Xranejtsent to Italy so that the actual settings of. tiae; noypi would add. greater power to tlhe "film translation, and given a free hand with the latest, developments in" the a*rt of cinema photography to bring realism ©yen closer. A notable instance of the latter is seen" in tie majestic scenes filmed ia natural colours of Yesuyiiis in eruption. Furthermore; the entire company cTossed tlhe Mediterranean, and secured several important sequences in. the desert wastes «of Northern Africa. These facts alone vouch for ..the importance of the/acquisition of "The WMte Sister" for photoplay purposes. The big production is an event in film histoTy, and any missing the opportunity of seeing the picture will long regret it. ' , #