"THE WHITE SISTER."

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 30 October 1925, Page 7

"THE WHITE SISTER."

FEATURING LILLIAN GISII. COMING TO LIBERTY. The regal Majestic Theatre, in Auckland, which is nearing completion, at a cost of £'161,000, opens in December next with this production, while the magnificent Dc Luxo in • Wellington has also arranged for "The White Sister" to bo tho special i~ew Year attraction. This will convey sonio idea, of the splendour of this wonder film which comes to Liberty on Friday next, this thoaire harinjj the honour of being tho firßl in New Zealand to Bcrecn it. Lillian Gish (already iirmlv established as a. favourite amongst Christchurch audiences) in thiß production docs the iihpPt work of her career, in her-dramatic intern-station of the part of Angela. She has never before shown Such surety, such case and finish in her art. Constance Talmadgo says :—"lf I had all the flowers in the whole wide world I would make them into a gigantic bouquet i>nd lay it at the feet of Lillian Gish. She is tho supreme arti3te, and her characterisation in "The White Sister' was a pevfoct cameo of brilliant, ijoignanlly beautiful acting." , The 6tory of "The White Sister is of a girl who renounced the world and dedicated her life to tho memory of her dead soldier lover, when suddenly from the very gales of death ho returned; and the barrier that she has so unwittingly set up gives rise to some of the most gripping of dramatic scenes ever filmed. The Liberty management is malting specially lavish arrangements for the showing of this wonderful picture during Carnival Week. It commences its season at. the Liberty on Friday night next, at 7.45 o'clock, and no other picture will be shown. A specially arranged prologue will precede the eoi'eening, and tho musical score, which will be played by an augmented orchestra, will he the same as given at tho Capitol Theatre in New York—the world's largest picture house. Tho box plans open at The Bristol on Wednesday next.