ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2129, 18 May 1920, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

Farmer Hayseed from the Australian wayhacks figures as ihe owner —I>y pure hu'k ol a (up winner in Beaumunl-Smith s him, “The Hayseeds’ Cup Win,” to he screened to-night. Ihe slor\ is a sure laugh-getter, and apart, from that will appeal to all and sundry from its racing atmosphere. Old man Hayseed buys Cornstalk for a song', and later discovers that his purchase has the makings of. a Cut]) winner. So he has him trained for the big event, and the story of the training is indescribably funny. Attempts to interfere with the horse's chance provide some thrilling incidents, while a pretty romance imparts a gentle flavour and furnishes the appropriate happy ending. “Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet/' So Kipling said. Sec the gorgeous Oriental picture at the Koval to-morrow night, and decide if he was right. It is the most wonderful picture of the year —magniticent, dramatic, thrilling, human — and it gives a great opportunity to a brilliant, sensational star, Xazimova, in the fiery role oMlasmuina. the passionate Arab girl, who loved a white man —the man she had sworn to kill. If is a screen triumph of dramatic force from the plav by the famous Belgian, Henri Kistermaecker, i ' *===