LYRIC PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, 2 March 1923, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT. “THE CRIMSON CHALLENGE.” Dorothy Dalton achieves a remarkably successful return to the West in “Tho Crimson Challenge,” her latest Paramount photoplay which screons at the Lyric Pictures to-night. A Western picture in every sense of tno world, it is packed with thrills, opportunities, since it calls for her to portray the courageous, fearless type of woman who leads tho settlers of an oppressed valley against a man who preys upon the people—rustles their cattle and perpetrates all kinds of outrages. And at the conclusion she beats him in a two-gun battle, rids the valley of its oppressors and incidentally avenges the murder of her father at the hands of the villain. Theatre-goers have proven that the ono type of continued feature that appeals to them is the historical chapterplay, recently introduced by Universal. This company has now put out a remarkable story of the early days of Alaska under the title of “Perils of the Yukon.” The first chapter will be showing to-night. Other supporting films are a clever Mack Sennett comedy, “Uncle Tom Without a Cabin,’’ and the Paramount travel and news reels.

TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) AT 2.30 AND 8 P.M. “THE PRODIGAL JUDGE.” ( “The Prodigal Judge,” which will be the attraction at The Lyric Pictures tomorrow (Saturday) at 2.30 and 8 p.tu., l brings to the spreen a character who. has long-lived in fiction and has become endeared to the hearts of fiction lovers. Eloquent at every bar, Falstaf- ( fian in capacity of appetite and intellect, the Judge is a man to be reckoned with. In him the ridiculous struggles | for mastery with the sublime, the spec-1 tator laughs over him and then loves him, and in the end rises to a point of . delighted admiration for the vagabond j who still remains the high-minded, 1 great-hearted .gentleman. He is the most striking character in a picture of . many striking characters; u romance rich in incident, hearty in humour, fullloving in a broad current of life and ; events. Love and hate and private - feud, true friendship and evil ambition, the mysterious and unexpected, all have their place in the plot of this great American picture. And the very core and focus of interest is the unforgeitable. magnificent figure of the pro- : digul judge, ft has been termed a Rembrandt of the screen and the greatest picture of the year. A clever burlesque of “The Three Musketeers,” entitled “The Barnyard Cavalier,” and the Pathe News complete the pro- j gramme. i

MONDAY NIGHT. “THE SHEIK." “When an Arab sees a woman he vants —he takes her!" That was the neaning of love in the desert until The Sheik met the English girl. That is :he heart of the plot of “The Sheik,” tvhich in book form is the year’s sensation on both sides Of the Atlantic and which as a Paramount picture finds and thrills a multi-million audience. Don’t miss the thrill of seeing the proud mad cap English girl snatched from the sand by the hard-riding Sheik of a hun dred tribes. You will be amazed at her life withii the tented luxury of the Sahara. Yoi

will see love-making by rhe handsome Rudolph Valentino as The Sheik which is in the full torrent of Oriental tradition. How shall the lovely and aristocratic Agnes Ayres, as the English girl, escape with life and honor ? Incidental numbers will fce rendered by the Tahiwi augmented orchestra, and patrons are- advised to book their seats early at Lowrv or Thertre ’Phone 125. i