Greater Scenes.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 359, 13 February 1937, Page 2

Greater Scenes.

After more than 25 years of screen experience, Lionel Barrymore has. I selected the 10 greatest scenes in motion-picture history, as follows: (1) The arrival of the clansmen in ‘Birth of a Nation”; (2) The funeral m “Imitation of Life”; (3) Marie Dressier being taken to gaol, the final scena. in “Min and Bill”; (4) Renee Adoree following the army trucks, searching for John Gilbert, in “The Big Parade”; (5) The scene when Wallace Beery slapped Jackie Cooper and then broke his fist on the wall, in “The Champ”; (6) Lillian Gish on the pillory, in “The Scarlet ; Letter”; (7) The chariot race in “Ben Hur”; (8) Jean Hereholt handcuffed to Gibson Gowland in Death Valley, in “Greed”; (9) Luise Rainer’s “telephone scene” in “The Great Ziegfeld”; (10) Lon Chaney selling his sacks of hoarded candles to show his love for Patsy Ruth Miller in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Joan Crawford, who was present, when Barrymore made his choice, added one more to the list—Lionel’s courtroom speech in “A Free Soul.”