AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYC PICTURES. ■•Till-: TEX ( OMMAXDMEXTS." A SPECTACULAR. PICT IT; E. I he murh-booined picture “The Ten C’Diiiiiiandnituts." made its initial appearance at the ITince?- Theatre last evenin'; when there was a crowded all ndnner. ami t!u- groat presentation we- li:■ roughly enjoyed. The picture is in two parts, or sellings— llihlicni tiT'd modern - ami hoth are wonderful 111 spectacular effect. The story opens v ifh that portion of the Hook of Exodus which describes the oppression of the Children of Israel in the land of Iv.rvpt. Beforo the mighty walls of the City of Ifameses is seen an avenue of Syohinxo- in the course of the making, and one i- being dragged into position hy hundreds of Israeliries. The s<ene is one of grinding slavery and oppression. Then tome the nine plagues, and these being disregarded. A loses issues bis final warning, and the next morning Egypt mourns for tbe loss of the lirst-lorn. The Children of Israel arc allowed io depart. Tbe trek of the Oho-on Penile, folio'., ing tbe smoke by day and the pillar of fire by night i- -hewn. till Moses opens the Red Rea and the host crosses on dry land. Pharoah and his ehnriots try to follow. bill are engulfed in the angry "liters, whieli fall hack upon them. Then the scene changes to the Israelites’ camp before .Sinai. Muses ascends the mountain and returns with the Tablets of tin' l.nw- lh(‘ Ten Commandments, jo find the people worshipping the golden calf. Tu anger he throws the tablets 1., the ground, and the C.i’iunanilnnnts are destroyed. Trouble nri-es and many of the people are killed. This ends the first part. Tindividing of the waters of the Red Rea and tin 1 crossing of the Children of Israel between the menacing walls of water are a magnicent spoolm le and a wonderful piece of photographic genins. The modern pari has no direct ■on tied ion with the Biblical section, ,iml thi' film is. in fact, two separate pictures, except that the story in the mound part is founded upon the ohervnwv or otherwise of tin- Ten Comnandments. The working cut of the theme is clever, and the acting is gn.nl dl through. Richard nix and Rod La Rei-fpio take the principal characters... two brothers, one of whom walks in ihe h-.'i. of Cod and the other scolfs it everything religious. There is a .till of course, and heat me Toy tillhi-; role remarkably well. One of the n---t chnrneiors in this modern section s that of the Imrd-hittcn old mother, inivow and higoted, keeping the Icier of the law rather than the spirit, his is played by Kdytlie Chapman. :<<■ s a si-h'inlid study. Another wellilayi'd ciiaracter is that of Sally Limn, i I eatitiful eseitpee from a leper sidtle-m-'it. and she is engaged in one of Iho iin-t thrilling episodes of the film. 'Tin- Ten Coinmcndmenls" i- a briliant picture and the le.—nil it conveys : a very worthy one. TO-XIUHT. A niatiiiie was giioo this aifernoott nil! the picture v ill he repeated again o-nighf when there ‘•hnuh! he another arge ;it tendance.