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Evening Star, Issue 19777, 30 January 1928, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS. COMING FRIDAY NEXT, AT 2.30 AND 8! and every day thereafter at the same hours, the "ROYAL COMMAND” PICTURE—THE PICTURE WITH A RECORD. Coniin" from Windsor Castle, where, in the presence of their Majesties the King and Oueen°(robed), with the Archbishop of Canterbury (robed) and the King’s Household, it was screened by " Royal Command,” and met with a wonderful reception. EVERY CROWNED HEAD IN EUROPE HAS HONORED ‘BEN HUR.’ To come nearer home; AT CHRISTCHURCH (NiZ.) ‘Ben Hur’ ran for five consecutive weeks, and for the first four weeks the ticket windows were not opened; EVERY SEAT— EVERY EVENING —“RESERVED.” BE YE WISE-BOOK! RESERVES ARE BETTER THAN EEC RTS. OCTAGON AND EMPIRE theatres. METHO-GOLDWYN-MAYER’S INSPIRED EPIC. General Lew Wallace's Colossal Novel, which has thrilled countless thousands of every U creed, race, and color, is now presented as the world’s mightiest screen epic. NEVER BEFORE ‘BEN HUR.’ ■ BEN HUR.’ ‘BEN HUE.’ ‘BEN HUR.’ Never Before! ■ BEN ‘BEN ‘BEN ‘BEN ’ BEN HUR.’ ‘ BEN HUR.’ ‘ BEN HUR.’ ‘ BEN HUE.’ ‘ BEN HUR.’ ‘BEN HUR.’ ' BEN HUE,’ ‘ BEN HUR.’ Perhaps Never Again! HUR..’ i HUR.’ HUE.’ HUR.’ PERHAPS NEVER AGAIN! The mind of man has never conceived words to describe even faintly the grandeur, raawnifioence, and awe-inspiring moments of this prodigious masterpiece.. ax assemblage of clergymen of every denomination saw ‘BEN HUR’ AT AUCKLAND. WE REPRODUCE WITH PRIDE THIS UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL FROM THE REV. G. GORDON BELL, M.A. THE MANAGER. Dear Sir Words cannot express my gratitude to you for the opportunity afforded. (n ns clcrov of seeing 'BEN HUE' to-day. Tho picture itself surpasses all attempts at attenuate description. It is stupendous! The writers of advertisements commonly overenihnsc to such an extent as to make one disappointed with the wares they praise, but ‘BEN HUR’ leaves one saying with the Queen of Sheba: “The half was not told IUC " Tho picture delies description merely as a spectacle. No words can give the thrill ,vliicb is conveved by the groat sea light and tho even greater chariot raco-by the pageants of the might of Imperial Rome and by tho crowds o! the populace m Jerusa*°Ul In" addition to this, the nobility of character of Ben Hur himself and the magni(input spirit of self-sacrifice which dominates him throughout—the eagerness of his seil- : dotr n cd determination and grit—comes through with tremendous appeal. No ” nvnl ...fti, ynv possibilities of true manliness in him could fail to be stirred by the highest and purest emotions. And this same high moral appeal is seen, too, in Esther’ in Ben Hur’s mother and sister, in Simonides, in Arrius. (In’ too of all this is the amazing reverence which dominates the whole production. Nothin- which I have ever read has so beautifully and realistically brought home to me ttin snrT of atmosphere of mingled hope and intrigue which surrounded our Blessed Lord in lli° life upon earth. And tho way in which He, the. King and Saviour, is permitted to make Ills appeal through the picture could not he surpassed in reverence, dl-nilv n restraint; in tendeniess. Never once is He fully seen, hut He, and all that He Stands for in human life, is there, unmistakably and most powerfully. 1 The picture has its appeal to the seekers after sensation. It should draw crowds which wo\ild never go to sec a frankly religious picture, and those crowds will not be made to feel that thev are being preached at. They will have thrills enough to satisfy them—but lam confident that tho great appeal will got through to them all the same. ‘BEN HUR’ will make the appeal of tho Crucified Saviour felt by many who cate nothin- about (he church and who will not listen lo her message. Not all the word paintintr of'an inspired evangelist could surpass the mental pictures—the hannt.ng glimpses of our B'csted Lord—which will huger in the mind after 'BEN HUR’ has been-seen ■\nvono who cares for our Blessed Lord and who longs that His appeal shall be beard effectively—anyone who has the desire that the highest and best m human possU,i ics shall be responded to by the people of to-day-will hope and trust that everyone will sec this picture. It is difficult to imagine that it will ever be surpassed in cinema picture production. Yours faithfully. (Signed) G. GORDON BELL. ‘BEN HUR’ SCREENS TO SPECIAL MUSIC—THE ORIGINAL SCORE. Preceded by INTRODUCTORY PROLOGUE; ‘THE STAR OP BETHLEHEM.’ INTRODUCTORY PROLOGUE; ‘THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.’ , , rbvi-tcluu'ch during the first four weeks of the season, the evening ticket winwere* never opened ; EVERY SEAT WAS RESERVED. This md.cates that it is nectary to BOOK YOUR SEATS. FMPIRR BOX PLANS NOW OPEN AT THE BRISTOL. OCTAGON BOX PLAN AT BEGG’S CO. NOW OPEN. BE WISE—BOOK EARLY! Reserves are belter than rogrefs. ™'CLE, 2. (BOOKING FEE, SIXBENCB EXTEA); CHILDREN, Is TO ALL PARTS. , . Free List Entirely Suspended. Free List Entirely Suspended.

A packer asscrls in his ad. that sardines are full of vitamin A, although offhand we would have thought there wasn't room in the can.