LYRIC PICTURES

Otaki Mail, 1 August 1923, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES

i "THE BRANDING IRON.” , TO-NIGHT. | The new change of programme tit the f Lyric Pictures to-night is headed with the famous Katherine Nowlin .Burt . story, “Tlie Branding Iron” aud is a ’ Milendid drama of the great out-doors. Bmuo excellent supporting films include the “Hidden Dangers” serial. “Hearts and Diamonds” comedy, the Patho reV icw and uews. ALICE BRADY. FRIDAY NEXT. In the “Land of Hope,” Alice Brady ; is presented in tlie role of a Polish immigrant girl, who, with a groupe of, h'liable folk from her native yilliage, j seeks her fortune in America. The girl .‘thuya and her lover, Bascha, are both i quaint, wistful appearing figures of repressed youth and timid hope. Each «xpelienee the crueller moods oi the c*ty before they are brought together \ by a man of mystery, and Uiei| Story -js a sequence and interest. the same programme is a “Torchv” comedy, ‘ ‘ Toreliy and the Orange Blossoms” a Burton Holmes Travelogue and a further chapter of “In the ■ Days of Buffalo Bill.” j ROBIN HOOD. MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT. | No character in history or legend . Over appended more to the Imagination for liis preponderance of dashing xomuntie verve than Robin Hood, whose exploits in the Twelfth Century serve to mark that era as one in which the spirit ul chivalry reached its zenith. Ko character in the memory o! ! mankind t’vor was fjiven such a mugaificicut oqportunity to be impressed permanently f>o brilliantly. Douglas Fairbanks 9 masterly portrayal uf this character in liis pliotodrama, 4 ‘ Douglas Fairbanks 3 u Robin lloud,” a United Artists release coming tu the Lvrie Pictures next Monday and Tuesday, is sure It) enhance the popularity of this hero fdlmo pip film undoubtedly will live jmt j*.- any ipTat novel with a historical background survives the onslaughts id time. *