MAORILAND PICTURES.
“REACHING FOR THE MOON.” This picturo will be the star at the Theatre to-morrow night, and is claimed to be one of the most expensive productions by Artcraft. The scenes are laid in America and Europe. An Italian city was reproduced, with canals and gondolas, and a royal palace, with gorgeous costumes ' and magnificent settings. Combining comedy with sensational dramatic incidents, a wide range is given Douglas Fairbanks for the display of his athletic skill and tho exercise of his great artistic abib ity. This is considered his best work tlms far, cither on the stage or screen. One of tho most terrific figths ever seen on a screen takes place in the palace, in which Fairbanks battles with a halfdozen men seeking his life. Vases and statuary are demolished, beautiful draperies ruined and costly furniture wrecked. Frank Campean, who played an important part with Fairbanks in “Tlie Man from the Painted Post,” has a prominent role in this film. The story was written expressly for Fair-banks-by Anita Loos and John Emerson. “Reaching for the Moon” is an extraordinary production, for while it bristles with melodrama, interspersed with comedy, it- tells a logical story and expounds a philosophical theory that success is really the attainment of happiness, which is disclosed in a clear and forceful manner. ‘
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Otaki Mail, Volume 27, 28 November 1919, Page 3
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218MAORILAND PICTURES. Otaki Mail, Volume 27, 28 November 1919, Page 3
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