PRINCESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 15

PRINCESS

“PRISONERS OF THE STORM”

Another thrilling and high-geared story from the pen of James Oliver Cur wood has been made for motion pictures in “Prisoners of the Storm,” the Universal. Jewel which is now being shown at the Princess Theatre. With millions of readers and movie fans alike the name of Curwood signifies a thrilling story of the primitive, with lots of red-blooded men, suspense and gripping action. Added to this promising beginning is the fact that the virile House Peters is the star of the picture. The result is a picture unsurpassed in genuine entertainment. Criminals are tracked through blizzards by dauntless Northwest Mounted Police: heroes and heroines are trapped by avalanches and imperilled in snowslides; and the whole picture is a rapidly moving succession of thrills, bound together with an absorbing and novel plot. A gigantic snowslide which wrecks a cabin and traps its inmates like flies in a spider’s web is the big scene of the picture. It has been ingeniously staged, and carries a menace so realistic that one feels as though he too were caught in that tiny cabin. House Peters is ideal as the rugged hero of the Curwood story, and is the same dashing, dominant personality which has made him one of the screen’s foremost actors. Peggy' Montgomery is charming as the heroine, and shows no ordinary ability as an actress ■Walter McGrail, Harry Todd, Clark Comstock, Fred De Silver, Lillian Nicholson, and others give convincing performances in the supporting roles. Lynn Reynolds directed the picture.