ROYAL PICTURES
The art of keeping things moving has been finely mastered in “The Wonderful Chance," released by Selznick, and which will be shown to-night. It is full of dramatic punch, and has been conceived with originality and directed with alertness. Dramatic climaxes are swift and frequent, and best of all, they are convincing. A band of crooks kidnap an English nobleman, and in sending one of their own to impersonate him, discover that someone else has beaten them at their own game. They decide to doublecross the other crook, but he is too quick for them, and their carefully planned blow ends in an anti-climax.
Occasionally the picture comes along that is unheralded by effusive praise, yel: is a really worthy production, and one that is guaranteed lo provide perfect entertainment. Such a production is “Brothers Divided,” the Pa I be feature showing on Friday evening, with Frank Keenan in the arduous dual role 1 of two brothers. It is big and human to a degree, without being in any way classified as propaganda, and “Brothers Divided’ makes an honest attempt to light the way to a better understanding between employer and employee, and having been directed by the veteran himself, Frank Keenan, shouldering the triple responsibility, has been eminently successful.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2335, 29 September 1921, Page 2
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212ROYAL PICTURES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2335, 29 September 1921, Page 2
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