LYRIC
“LAST DAYS OF POMPEU”
It is not often that the life of a par. age is reproduced for the motion p: ture screen, but that is the case iric the picture now being shown at th Lyric Theatre, the screen version < Lord Lytton’s famous novel, “The Ur Days of Pompeii.” His great tale c: that unfortunate city was faithfully revealed in the Italian-made pictcrThis story of romance, love and t - in the ancient Imperial City of For: peii was absorbing from many anjte One was transplanted from the hair* and bustle of to-day, with the .aar almost incredible inventions, to tb stately grandeur of the days when to city was at a pinnacle of f.une. T:Rornan baths, games and life are faithfully portrayed. The massiveness t. the sets, the strict adherence to uekimpresses at every turn. The siris'in" climax to the story comes with itmost vivid destruction of the city J eruption. Gladiatorial combats. Feeing of men to the lions other days are some of the thrill nututes. Maria Corda and Victor Varcoßi mb* the cast of capable Continental P®.' ers.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 378, 12 June 1928, Page 14
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182LYRIC Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 378, 12 June 1928, Page 14
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