LYRIC PICTURES

Otaki Mail, 24 April 1923, Page 2

LYRIC PICTURES

FRIDAY NIGHT. “THE CALL OF THE NORTH.' “The Cali of the North. “ the feature picture which will be the attraction at tie Lyric pictures on Friday night next, is the latest Paramount picture starring • tack Holt. This popular screen star i* seen as a Canadian trapper ir, the North country, in a story that, is virile and fast-moving, atid powerful drama. - The story develops in an interesting fashion, with not a few excellent exterior shots to beautify the production. The plot material concerns the tyranny of the Factors of the Hudson Bay Co., who vrere originally invested with supreme authority in their territory, and who, even to-day, in the remote sections, are practically absolute. Into this country comes a “free t rader T * —one who dares to compete with the Companv. The factor capture- him. fires his poet, and demands that he cease to buy and sell furs independently. The alternative “the long traverse.” This is a trick

.. of the Factors when they -want to do 5 awa F witfl a man. He is denied foot* -. ar M arms at the trading post and seat _ alone into the Knows. It is the girl The daughter of the iron-hearted Fac- , tor, who gives him the rifle to save him on his long “journey to death.” But . he is recaptured before he has obtained . | his start. Then follows the climax. . | The Factor is for immediate parish. , ‘ raent, despite the fact that his daugh*4 ‘ r loves the victim, when he discovers . ; that the hero is the son of a man h# , j wronged years ago. Bepunfence of the j Villain is sever a very satisfactory solu- . 1 tion for a drama, but in this case it fits tin logically and satisfactorily. Tfte . 4 una! shot shows a “brigade” of canoes, floating down the river. Tie canoes are against a primitive back- , ground and a rugged settlement. “Tic Cali of the North” is Holt's first starring vehicle, and. should he well received.