HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Anybody who has read "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," John Cook's famous story of the Kentucky mountain people, will like "Bill Apperson's Boy." a film adaptation by the First National of the story "That: Woman," a fine depiction of live love and hate amongst the simple hill folk of that region. The role of the "boy" has been given to Jack Pickford, and the result is a» fine character study of a wayward youth who objects to his father's second marriage and raises no end of a disturbance. Martha Yarnton, his sweetheart, is played by Gloria Hope, who gives a perfect picture of a true-hearted high-spirited American girl. The old folks on either side are excellent character studies, and the whole picture is said to leave an indelible impression of a corner of American life and human nature, which was very little known until "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" was published. The outbreak of a real old Kentucky family feud is one of the striking features of the play,- which is never dull, humour alternating with pathos, comedy with tragedy, in rapid succession. "Bill Apperson's Boy" will be screened at His Majesty's Theatre tonight and to-morrow night.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19200420.2.4.1
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Issue 9284, 20 April 1920, Page 2
Word Count
202HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ashburton Guardian, Issue 9284, 20 April 1920, Page 2
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in