LYRIC PICTURES

Otaki Mail, 27 April 1923, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES

TO-NIGHT. “THE CALL OF THE NORTH.” “The Call of the North’’ lakes you to the fur country where the Hudson Bay C umpany. the great fur-trading organisation, rules supreme. “Free traders,” men who dare to compete with the company, are routed out by fair means or foul. But there is one “free trader” who dares to buy and sell liis

own pelts in open defiance to the tyrannical Factor, the local leader of the Hudson Bay Company. The clash between them is inevitable. “The Call of the North” is one of those pictures which carry the imgination of the spectator into the very heart of the eoua-

try it is picturing. This feature was . filmed against a rugged mountain background, which adds greatly to its scenic beauty. Some big supporting films include a further instalment of the “Perils of the Yukon” serial, a Paramount . news and pictograph, and Fatty Arbuckle in “The Cook.”

TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) ,

“THE SONG OF THE SOUL.” ' William Locke’s widely read novel! “And Old World Romance” comes to the screen under the title of “The Song of the Soul,” under the banner j of Goldwyn studios. This is a most charming story dealing with the court- , ship and marriage of two people unusually afflicted, since the wife is blind and the husband's face is terribly scar- i Ired, through a burn received in his boyhood. How these two. seeking solitude ?n the “backwater country,” the other forced to live there because of her affliction and property interests, work out tlieir salvation ami find great happiness and contentmeut in each other, makes'; one of the most appealing dramas of the year. Tho -toiy L, beautifully set in a background of Honda with its gloomy, yet picture; quo sw amps, shown in all their terrible desolation. Additional films with this fine feature play include Jimmy Aubrey in “Backyard,” and the over-popular Patke • News and Review. Parents are reminded that they can jet a comfortable seat at the matinee and avoid the rush at tho night Session.