ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2209, 30 November 1920, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

A monster double programme will bo screened at the Royal to-night, “Back io God’s Country” is ,an unique and unusual picture, like nothing ever before shown. Sixteen varieties of animals appear in (heir natural roles, the Avild folk at peace Avith the Avorld, and the wild folk battling Avith each other and man for life. It Avas written by the greatest liAong portrayer of animal life James Oliver Curwood. The scenes AA'ore taken in the arctic ice fields, north of 5G degrees. The intense cold reached GO degrees below zero. One player lost his life, one man’s fool was frozen, and the entire company suffered terrible privations to make this picture true to life. It is a picture of the open spaces of the land of everlasting shoav, where the gaunt Wolf stalks its prey, where men settle their feudal battles with knife and gun. It is a picture you can never forger. The oilier feature is “Sunnyside,” in which Charlie Chaplin is seen at his best. Prices, 2s Id and Is Id, ehihTren half-price.

On Wednesday :uul Thursday night “The Valley of Fear'’ will ho .screened. It is a period photo version of the most gripping works penned by the master novelist, Conan Boyle. Tl is an enthralling' production, tense in its great dramatic scenes, and yet delightful for its undertone' of love —with Sherlock Holmes at his best.