LYRIC PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, 31 January 1923, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT. “OVER THii HILL. The theme which evoked from King Lear his iiniicrtal plaint. ‘'How sharper than a- serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child! ’’ and which cair-ed Absalom to break the heart of his aged father, Das Id. King of Israel, ha.- been used by William Fox for lux greatest photoplay. ‘'Over the 11 ill.” wliieli wd! be seen at the Lyric Pictures to-night at 7.1.3 p.m. There lias been sc* much said in the magazines and newspapers all over the country a neat the sensational run of -‘Over the I till ’ in New York for the jia.it year, that it sit v.- almost superfluous to dwell at length on its merits. Fuliiee lo say that the superb lilm drama was made by William Fox from two of Will Carh-ton's celebrated “Farm Ballads.’’ and has for its theme the divine love of a mother. Harry Millarde directed the -picture a: d Paul 11. Sloano made the scenario. While the story is one that . H'd us reach, by its strength of : etui meat, (lie heart of the most jaded am l i-nlhqi* cd playgoer, it has Hf-Veni,U. nuiny lighter m-umsiits when the r*siijil»t.ies are tickled by some of the most delightftfl comedy ever flashed upon the screen. Patrons are asked to be in their seats sharp at- 7.iS p.m. when the oth chapter of tl 4 » “Blue Fox” serial wilt t.e screened.