THE GRAND
“THE SCARLET LETTER” The picture programme at the Grand Theatre features “The Sc; rlet Letter,” and portrays Lillian G. sh in one of the most successful performances in her career. She has a splendid support in Lars Hanson, know n as the Swedish Barrymore. The stoi yis full of emotion. It is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s wonderful story of lovt. sacrifice, and intolerance in the days of the Pilgrim Fathers. The film version is historically accurate. Technically perfect though the picture is it is the inspired acting of Lillian Gish that lifts it to the heights. Ent >ring with amazing whole-heartedness into the theme of the story, she brings before one’s eyes Hester Prynne herself the joyous impulsive girl who, s lrrounded by intolerance and repression, is forced to carry a badge of shai is through life to shield the man si e loves. In such scenes as the amazing pillory scone, where her lover under the pretence of exhorting her, voices his love and remorse, w T hile she vows deathless love, the poignant drama of the situation is • • intense as to be almost unbearable. -
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 14
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186THE GRAND Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 14
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