LYRIC PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, 20 December 1922, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES.

DOUBLE PROGRAMME—TO-NIGHT. "THE XJ.P. TRAIL." "The UP. Trail," Zano Grey's big photo-drama which opens at the Lyric Pictures to-night, has about it the great, human qualities of love and.suI preme sacrifice. The characters arc 1 all played with such virility that there is no such thing as a neutral feeling toward them; each is loved or hated strongly as the case may be. Though laid in one of the most colourful epochs of American history, the story could have been enacted in any land at any- j time. "THE INFAMOUS MISS REVELL." The second feature from the Metro studios features Alice Lake in "The Infamous Miss Rcvell. Alice Lake does some of the best character work of her screen career in portraying a dual role. This youthful Metro star gave the romantic love story a dramatic presentation, but so skilfully did she handle her part that never once I did the spectators receive the impres- j sion it was being overplayed. !

PRIDAY v NIGHT. "THE DANGEROUS LITTLE DEMON." "The Dangerous Little Demon," starring Marie Prevost, is a picture based on one of those captivating "flapper" stories and the theme is as follows: Teddy Harmon, a wealthy girl, goes with a set that thinks of nothing but pleasure. Her father's serious minded secretary falls in love with her, and persuading her she has a serious side, wins her consent to marry him. Meeting his family she becomes bored and seeks the society of Gary McVeigh, another suitor. At Jay Howard's gambling house she sees her father with a dashing young widow. Later, when her father gets into financial trouble, she again visits the gambling house with her fiancee, hoping to find her father there. The place is raided, but in the meantime the proprietor, though ostensibly a friend, tries to force his attentions on her. She is saved, not by her fiancee, but by Gary, and when the party is taken to jail it is Gary again who rescues her. The secretary, learning of her father's difficulties, breaks the engagement. Her father is saved, however, by a loan made by Gary. The girl realises her mistake and gladly accept-, Gary as her prospective husband.