LYRIC PICTURES

Otaki Mail, 11 June 1923, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES

WEDNESDAY NIGHT. “THE MAN FROM HELL’S RIVER.” Coming to the Eyrie pictures on Wednesday is the “Matt From Hell’s River,” adapted from Hie story by James Oliver Curwood. and which presents Irving Cummings with a featured east of players among whom tire M allace Be cry and Eva Novak. Ihis \ital tale presents -a romance of the snow country where life is lived in the raw. If offers self-sacrifice, dog-like devotion on the part of a faithful hindue, pathos. elemental comt'ct and a grandeur

ttios. (: toil' ( ti ia. i cmiu.n cun a t— * hi l ’ - of scenery utu xeclied. Mr Cuuiuiings gives a vigorous portrayal as the Mottntin. v-liile VwtHtice Beery : - tb' - 1 i ’ 11 : 1 renegade plays the part with his customary skill. Eva Novak lends a charming naturalness to tite role ot the heroine. The action is laid in a sparse- , . , , . 1. ... il. K.s .

ly settled trading post where t lie wolves howl in pack during the long winter season. Mr Curwood considers it one

of his most vigorous documents. Ben Turpin, the famous cross-eyed comedian, is featured on the same programme in a Mack Sennetl comedy “Bright Eves'” and provides ripples of laughter. A Canadian scenic “By Still ’Waters,” the Pntlie Review and the Gaumont Graphic complete a first-rate bill. Patrons are reminded that this programme i? in aid of the Town queen, Miss O’Rourke, and prices remain as usual. NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. “ONE EXCITING NIGHT.” For liis latest motion picture sensation, “One Exc-iting Night,” which has be'en announced as the feature attraction for next Thursday and Friday at •fit« r.vrlb rt?.*f 11 tv*i; H. W. Griffith.

the Lvnc pictures. w. urmua. master-maker or' photoplays, has taken | for his cue the increasing popularity of the last two or three years ot the stage melodrama and has produced a mystery picture par excellence. In this novest of Griffith films, a United Artists Corporation release, the great director gives five of the six elements that go to make up effective mystery—secreted immure, personal disappearance, puzzling homicide, hidden identity, and tin? return of the avenging spirit. And with it ail he gives the spectator an altogether marvellous assortment in the way of actual entertainment. There is as sweet and dainty a love story as ever was filmed; there is mysteiy ga-lore-mystery till the audience sits breathless —and then comes relief from the suspense in the form of the most

LXIC &U?£JUU2(; CUV t delightful and laughter-provoking- comedy from Romeo Washington, a wonderful black-face character who finds himself torn between love of a dusky maid and fear of the peering eyes and stealthy figures that ereei' in and out are seen everywhere. The 'box plan for tin’s big Griffith photoplay opens at Lowry’s on Tuesday, and patrons are advised to book their seats as there is sure to be a rush.