"THE SHEPHERD KING.”

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 August 1925, Page 3

"THE SHEPHERD KING.”

A SPECTACLE OF OLD EGYPTIAN SPLENDOUR. The story of. “The Shepherd Kino'," ‘,he William Fox version of the celebrated stage success by Wright Lori-. mer and Arnold Reeves, which comes to the People’s Theatre to-night, is one of impressive simplicity endowed with a glamorous romance. It is the story of a persistent love that flourished as well in the days 01 tite pyramid’s desert shadows as it does to-day on the light-blotched lanes of Broadway. The .ardent diminutive David inspired with, a love for Princess Michal quenched the forces that stood between them. One of these was the stout and overpowering aiant Goliath, the other the inimical Saul.’ King of the Israelites and father of the girl. When “The Shepherd King” was produced on the New York stage in 1904, critics acclaimed it one of the most powerful love stories ever told. The metropolitan press devoted columns in eulogy of the author-actor’s performance. When the production went on tour dramatic writers throughout the nation added to the cumulative praise already contributed to the offering. In adapting the stage production to the screen, Virginia Tracy lost none of the potency of the original. J. Gordon Edwards who directed the picture added to the story by filming it in the very land in which if is laid.