Wide World Pictures

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 November 1912, Page 3

Wide World Pictures

Another special attraction will be provided at the Foresters. Hall Heionsvillo to-nipht in a wnlderdaw film entitled, " The crreat Moment." This particularly thrilling photo drama possesses an essentially human story, which is represented in a wonderfully clever manner l>y the talented company of actors engaged. That it grips attention is a natural result, for the incidents are of every day character, and denl with an unfortunate woman's intense love for her offspring, for which sho finally sacrifices her life. It is an essential part of human nature to err, and the unfortunate heroine's vicissitudes and failings will be more readily symphathised with on that account. The incidents of the story follow each other in natural

sequence, are depicted with a power and intensity that imn.cdiatoly appeals to the spectator, and it is hard to realise that we are witnessing a irimic production, i'or thn diameters stand out as ilesh nnd lilood. The bulk of the scenes are laid in Copenhagen, Denmark, and havo therefore the advantage of beautiful andpicturet(]ue scenery. The part of ihe heroine, Annie, the lady's maid, is portrayed by Miss Asta No'lson, one of Denmark's mest celebrated actresses, to whose wonderful delineation of the character a great deal of the success production is certainly due. The story is a homely, uatuial one, and entails no groat strain on the imagination to Jo)low, and although there are various complications, the thread is never lost, but comes to a natural, although unexpected conclusion, in one of the most thrilling tire scenes ever seen in animated pictures.