LYRIC PICTURES
A thrilling feat of high diving is perfumed in '< Cahiria,' 1 the historical film play to b.e screened at the Lyric on Saturday evening next. The hero of the p}ay is fleeing from the enraged priests qf the God Moloch ; there is only one wa y of esoape, and he takes if, leaping from the top of the cliffs to the water below; the plunge ia a real one of 65ft. In another part of the picture he has to climb a 50ft human pyramid in order to scale the walls of Carthage. "Oabaria " teems with extraordinary feats of this kind, shows the burning of the Roman fleet' of 400 vajsels, the eruption of Mt Etna and is the most expensive film deal ever made in New Zealand. It takes 214-bours to screen. Colour photography Plays an important part in this picture, and in it is also used for the fjrsfc time the stereoscopic method patented'by the Itala Co.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 April 1917, Page 3
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161LYRIC PICTURES Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 April 1917, Page 3
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