EVERYBODY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 16

EVERYBODY’S

“THE KING OF KINGS” Based on the greatest theme in the history of mankind, the life of Jesus of Nazareth, “The King- of Kings” continues to attract crowded audiences to Everybody’s Theatre twice daily. Not alone on account of the august and sacred nature of its theme, but also because of the very high degree of technical perfection attained in its presentation, the picture is one that cannot fail to make a profound and lasting impression on everyone who sees it. Dealing with the supreme drama of all time, the life and death of Christ, it could not be otherwise than intensely dramatic. Some parts grip the attention because they arc familiar and satisfying, and others because of the very novelty of their viewpoint. The aid of some of the world’s masterpieces in religious painting and in sacred music has been skilfully enlisted to heighten the effect. Once and again there suddenly flashes on the screen a familiar painting of one of the old masters with this difference, that the figures in it live and move. The closing scenes in the sublime tragedy are depicted with terriole realism, and many will prefer to remember the graciousness of such incidents as the blessing of the little children, the healing of a little blind girl, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, and the protection of the sinful woman from her cruel and shameless accusers,