STAGE AND FILM

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 148, 10 March 1923, Page 12

STAGE AND FILM

(Continued from Page 13). “Burning Daylight,” from the famous story by Jack London, will be seen hero soon. This, perhaps the most popular of London’s stories, portrays the thrill and excitement of the chase in the rush for Arctic gold.

“The Man from Beyond” is listed among the “unusual” attractions of 1923. Featured in the leading role is the famous Houdini, who will bo remembered in New Zealand as the Handcuff King.

Six feet high and as strong as a lion, is Victor MacLagen, jvho plays the lead in “The Sport of Kings,” the racing drama to bo seen in Wellington soon. He is a well-known boxer in real fact, and certainly demonstrates his ability in the plav. The fight in the ring is a marvel of hurricane speed. 'Two very fine races are also shown. Tho society dressing and lavish interiors of English aristocratic homes are also assets to this great picture, which can be safely classed as the best turned out in the “old country” for a long while. ,

“Saturday Night,” ono of the feature films at tho current Princess, is described as “tho most realistically melodramatic crash between train and automobile —staged high in the air on a 100-foot trestle—ever featured!’ In this film a new kind of shower will be seen in the bathroom scene, in which Edith Roberts is the bather. It consists of a shallow pool with pedestal for the bather. The spray rises from the bottom at different angles, and can be regulated so that thq shower will not wet the lady’s coiffure.

Said to excel almost the spectacular art of D. W. Griffith, “Missing Husbands” is listed among the big pictures to bo shown hero soon. This pnotodrama has been splendidly adapted from the sensational novel, “L’Atlantide,” by-that master of French fiction, Pierre Benoit. This novel has been the sensation of Europe.

“The Sheik’s "Wife,” another romance of “the burning sands,” is one of Vitagraph’s big 1923 offerings. The story deals with the misfortunes of Estelle Gordon, a. romance-loving English girl who weds a sheik of the desert, ft will be a worthy successor to ‘The Sheik.”

“Robin Hood,” Douglas Fairbanks’s masterpiece, is duo in New Zealand soon. Douglas Fairbanks is cast as file, famous archer of Arden _ M'ood, and tiie cast, including the principles and smaller stars, is stated to be the biggest ever assembled for any motion picture.'

D. W. Griffith, creator of the “Birth of a Nation,” "The Fall of Babylon,” “Hearts of the World.” “Way Down fiast,” and ..“Broken Blossoms,” now offers “Dream .Street,” his latest picture. It is,-a masterpiece scarcely less worthy than tho best of the loregoing, a sparkling gem, a thing of_ rare distinction, truly a D. W. Griffith production. It has in it all the elements that have put its maker on his high pedestal. Carol Dempster shines anew in this picture. Her work reveals her finest characteristics, temperament, emotion and dramatic force- She is an artist.