AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

I “O.AL\ I}. KH AA'YA.AL" ' TO BE I!EPEATED TO-NIGHT. | lilt' Princess 1 heatre held it large :hkl I attentive audience last evening owhen 0 when tjic' wonderful oriental spectacle “Omar Khayyam” was presented. It i- witlioul doubt the must magnificent and artistic picture that has ever hern made h.\ any producer anywhere. The .stones are laid in Persia, in the time of Omar, tent-maker, philosopher and poet. I lie cast is admirably chosen. TCatherme Key. as a daughter of the Sheik, heroine of the play, is a true Oriental hen it tv. Frederick AVarde. as Omar; T'.dwin Stevens, as Hasson the Assassin; Paul "Weigel, as the Sheik; Ravmond -Navarro as the lover: B. Post, as the A izier ; all handle tlfeir roles with great ■skill. The power of the message”told by the picture, is great, and its beauty seems deep-rooted in the picture, whilst the results of artistic production are astounding in their realism. Amongst the many outstanding features m file picture are the wonderful .scenes of the firmament. "Wonderful sights are shown of shooting stars, of Saturn, end oi all the planets. The picture is i:ot wholly a spectacle. There i s a fascinating love story running through it. he- ! sides a very strong dramatic theme. The picture is in eight parts; it took , two years to make and is full of in- , terest. The picture will he presented j-.oj.in to-night for the last time in Hokitika.