ROYAL PICTURES
“Bcyond the Dreams of Avarice,” the clever, entertaining screen adaptation of Sir Walter Besant’s great novel, to be screened on Wednesday and Thursday, is notable for (he manner in which the big points of the story are brought out. The atmosphere throughout is realistic and quite an unusual degree of imagination has been employed by the producer. There is, for instance, a highly effective scene in which Margaret is visited by the wraiths of the dead wives of past Buyleys. It is not only picturesque, but quite relevant to the theme. The other “incidental” scenes are chiefly concerned with the innumerable Burleys —prize-fighters, costermongers, ballet girls and baronets —who flock to claim the dead man’s fortune, and these humorous studies show the producer in his happiest vein.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2343, 18 October 1921, Page 3
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129ROYAL PICTURES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2343, 18 October 1921, Page 3
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