"WAY DOWN EAST."
"The Mayor of Wellington will attend the screening of "Way Down East" ail the Grand Opera House Jo-night. Based on the theme "one man foT one woman. and one woman for one man," this groatt masterpiece has had a wonderful reception in Wellington. The drama presents one of the sius of modern society in all. its glaring shame— the sin of man who» treats woman not as something to bai gained, not as something to be striven) for, but merely as the ' female of the, species. Not only does the picture point! a great moral: it contains, perhaps, some' of the most magnificent spectacles that) have ever been attempted—the great ice-i break, the thrilling- rescue of the girli by the hero from the brink of' the seeth-j ing abyss of water, the wonderful ball 4 room scenes—all are significant of thai master hand of the producer., There is I a special musical programme. "Wayj Down East" will be screened for threaf more nights only.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1922, Page 3
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