TIVOLI THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1925, Page 10

TIVOLI THEATRE.

After' viewing last evening the fine picture, "The Creation" or "After Six Days, ' which commenced its tour of .New Zealand most auspiciously last evening at the Tivoli Theatre before a crowded honso, and noting the magnificent material in the Scriptural stories submitted, one cannot help wonderin<* why that wonder book, tho Bible, with its wealth of thrilling narrative has not been exploited for the screen before. Yet not until tho production of "After tl X ™PC super-photo dramatisation of the Old Testament, which, by the wav, fairly captivated all who saw it last evening, had any motion picture producer ventured to adapt it for the screen except in casual and episodic fashion with a studio background. Thg present Italian masterpiece .took five years to orea.t I f~ lt was filmed in the Holy Land on the actual spots indicated in Biblical ?n3^n y" " was acted b >' 600 actol's and 10,000 supernumeraries, and its cost is given aa 3,000,000 dollars. Incident alter incident stand out in this great film as veritable masterpieces of cinematic art, beginning with the creation of the world and running on with rapid action through deptctions of the Garden of Jlden,- the first murder, the Ark, the « !? r °i Babe!> a striking reproduction ot the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, intimate scenes . concerning Joseph of Canaan and his career as a servant to Potophar, tho Miracles of Moses, the crossing of the Red Sea (done fu a 6 Rf d Sea itself>> th <> oatWes with the .Amalakites and the death of tho greatest law giver of all time on lonely jtfebq. 'After Six Days" combines entertainment with instruction. Its appeal ™™»,, f« all manner of men, women, and children, for it tells the story, of humanity. Appropriate music by the orchestra, the singing by way of introduction of an excellent concerted number, and the scenic effects materially assisted towards the big success of a capital entertainment. Really good supporting subjects included a surprisingly comprehensive moving picture, which showed with unusual clearness from start to finish the exciting race between Gloaminand The Hawk at Hawkes Bay. "Afte? Nx Days will be shown at 2 c m and .™>^jclock daily. Box plans ar^i Tho