McLEAN'S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1924, Page 1

McLEAN'S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT. “THE KEY OF THE WORLD.” As a welcome change from the ordin ary picture the management of Ale Lean’s Pictures arc screening toniglr a fine Ganmont British pro duction: “The Key of the World-' Added interest is attached t< this picture, as the story is founded 01 actual facts, and a number of the properties seen were mute witnesses of the happenings which form the most important parts of the story. For shorn beauty of scenery It is no boast to sa\ that nothing-liner has been filmed, am the acting of-the story which includea delightful English romance, is charaetcrislic of tin: types represented. .Most of the country scenes were taken in tlic famous Devonshire County, and

form a fitting background for this typically English romance, which is nr. entertainment we rarely have an op port-unity of witnessing. The story o' an Englishman who took the loss of a fortune philosophically is delightfully told amidst the most beautiful English .scenes Imaginable. How a man endeavoured to satisfy his longing for revenge because ho was thrashed as A hoy, is fascinatingly entwined with a delightful country romance, and a number of incidents which were founded on actual happenings. In this picture we see why it is that so many songs and poems have been written about Devon, for these scenes are incomparably beautiful and a delight to witness. A two-reel comedy “A Dead Cert” and a Topical Budget, and the serial “The Timber Queen” will conclude a. fine evening’s entertainment. .McLean's Orchestra will render the incidental music. TUESDAY. , Patrons are in for a treat in picture.'when All-Lean's will present Reginald Denny and Ruth Clifford in the magni ficent Ralph luce production “Tropical Love.” I etna smmamimm rmmnmxm*