EVERYBODY’
“THE KING OF KINGS” Cecil de Mille’s great production, “The King of Kings,” continues to draw great crowds to Everybody’s Theatre, where this epic film is being shown twice daily. The story as finally agreed upon and produced differs radically from the treatment outlined by Mr. de Miile in the beginning of the production work last summer. The fine dramatic sense of Mr. de Mille after he got into the story and the constructive criticism and assistance given him by religious forces, combined to produce a picture which will be epoch-mak-in the motion picture industry, and will present the story of Jesus in a new and fresh way to vast multitudes within and without the churches. The picture is a marvellous achievement of the cinema art,, and will, no doubt, appeal to vast audiences irrespective of creed or communion. Every possible effort has been made to produce a picture free from controversy and acceptable to both Roman Catholic and Protestant, and with the least possible offence to the Jews. The New Testament narrative has been made the basis of the story. The Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Mr Howard Moody, plays a specially selected score during the screening.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 309, 21 March 1928, Page 15
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