ROYAL PICTURES.
Xu doubt Uic Healing’ accommodation ni rhe Royal will be fully taxed 10-rngh! and to-morrow night, when I ho. W illiam Fox film, “Riders of (lie Purple Sage," a pi< j turisafion oi‘ Zane (trey’s i'aninus novel, will be screened. One id. ihe strangest chapters in American history is vividly presented in this great photoplay, in which William Farnum will appear. Based on the Zane Grey novel, “Riders of the Purple Sage” relates a story whose setting is l.’tah in the early days of the Mormon' set!lenient, and gives an illuminating insight into Ihe pract’ces of some of the former leaders of lhat :•( cl. The -play starts with the abdiudion of a girl by a powerful dignitary of ihe Mormon eu!t, and tells a thrilling story of a years long’ hunt hy her brother for the man who wronged her. The extent of the power of Ihe elders of the church over their followers is siartlinglv revealed, and to students of American history the picture will prove an amazing narrative of a fuel or in the great Wisps growth that is not generally known.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2114, 13 April 1920, Page 3
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186ROYAL PICTURES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2114, 13 April 1920, Page 3
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