McLEAN’S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1924, Page 1

McLEAN’S PICTURES.

“THE SAGE HEN”—FBI DAY. On Friday evening, Mol.can’s present. “The Sage Hen.” a great story by Edgar Lewis, an out-door drama with :i powerful emotional appeal. ft contrasts the best with the worst ; those wiio have exalted, noble ideals with those who are the stum of the earth. Arizona, in the old days, is the story's background. They called her a “Sage lien, a name given to impure women in the old AYcst. and stoned her and her baby out of town. AA hen she was forced to part with her son to save his life, and could not find him again, she gave her great mother love to an orphaned baby girl. A oars later, with a clean reputation established, not only her son. but two limn out of her past., crossed her oath, tier one thought was to shield the girl and her son. who loved each other, from the knowledge of her nast. i*or them her great love permitted her to lie tnrnient"d and tortured almost beyond spiritual endurance. But the mystery was tinally cleared, and inollier lave triumphed. Tremendous, awe-inspiring. balInweil mother love is the theme that throbs like the heart of a wounded lion throughout this magnificent story by Harry Editor, visualized ami humanised by Edgar Lewis, and characterised by a reuiarkabl" cast o! lea!tired olavcis. Tlie an o Pol I s ilic lode a Bail" - Gazette. ('oiec'tv. and fnrflicr chaptc'of the serial “linrrb -no- Hutch -.viol' I lie lull (Pibc.tra will soppD a j:o« musical programme.