LYRIC PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, 23 April 1923, Page 2

LYRIC PICTURES.

FRIDAY NIGHT. "THE CALL OF THE NORTH." "The Call of the North." the feature picture which will be the attraction at the Lyric pictures on Friday night next, is the latest Paramount picture starring Jack Holt. This popular screen st*r i-

seen as a Canadian trapper in the North country, iti a story that is virile and

fast-moving, and powerful drama. The story develops in an interesting fashion, ■ with not a few excellent exterior shots - to beautify the production. The plot ■ material, concern? thp tyranny of tht- • Factor? of the Hudson Hay Co.. who ( were originally invested, with supreme i authority in their territory, and who. 1 even to-day. in the remote sections, are practically absolute. Into this country conies a "free trader"—one who dareto compete with the Company. The Factor captures him. fires his post, and demands -hat he cease to buy and sell fur.- independently. The alternative is "the long traverse." This is a trick of the Factor.- when they want to do away with a man. He is denied food and arms at the trading post and sent alone into the snows. It is the girl—the daughter of the iron-hearted Factor, who give, him the rifle w save him on his long "journey to death." But he is recaptured before he has obtained j his start. The;; folio—a the climax, j The Factor is for immediate punish-1 ment, despite the fact that his daughter loves the victim, when he discovers that the hero the sort of a mw he wronged years ago. Bepentence of the villain is never a very satisfactory solution for a drama, but in this case it fits in logically and satisfactorily. The final shot shows a "brigade" of canoes, floating dowr the river. The canoes are against a primitive background and a rugged settlement. "The j Call or the North" is Holt's first star-1 ring vehicle, should be well receiv-