MAORILAND PICTURES.
; ■ " THE MIRACLE MAN.'' FRIDAY NEXT. The story is as follows: —A gang o; criminals hear of the strange power; of a "patriarch" in a remote village ■whose beauty of life and'faith have helped to bring health and peace of mind to the suffering. Assuming in noconse and belief, they surround him. and stage a pretended "miracle" throngn which they plan to exploit the sightless healer as a business" enter-
prise. Their cunning succeeds beyond all their hopes, but unconsciously they fall under the spell which they h'afl .sought to use. They are thcmselvetransformed, lifted by faith from depravity to a cleansed, ennobled manhood and womanhood. That is all. A theme of elemental simplicity, yet a•coinplex as the human heart, as modern as yesterday's news, yet as old as the lulls of Galilee. It lias none of
the magnificent settings and ingenious theatrical illusions of those spectacles ■which have evoked acclaim and. wonderment. The magnetism of this Story lies in scenes of beauty and tranquillity no less than in those of sordidness and ferocity. The passion is master ful, but its quietude is irresistible. !: steals into the heart like an exquisite poem, lives in the memory like a haunting song. HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS. The picture programme as advertise ! is a series of holiday attractions. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week the films will be tip-top. while or. Monday and Tuesday next (race nights) the programme will be a special one. Particulars are ad vetoed.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 22 September 1920, Page 3
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