THE LYCEUM

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3539, 22 February 1927, Page 3

THE LYCEUM

BEVERLEY BANE IN “THE AGE OP INNOCENCE.” The original “four hundred” that exclusive circle of aristocrats that ruled New York when Washington Square marked the confines of the right place to live, is due to receive a rude shock in the new Warner Classic, “The Age of Innocence,” adapted to the silver sheet from Edith Wharton’s “best seller,” which will begin at the Lyceum to-morrow! According to Miss Wharton’s novel, this shock completely upsets the conventional'regime that governs the lives of the Archer and Mingott families, which become allied by the marriage Lot Newland Archer to Mae' Welland; ■ It is exotic personality and continental fascination of Countess Glenska, a Russian, who disrupts the peaceful monotony; and she accomplishes'this startling feat by impudently disregarding the hard and fast rules set down by society, and calmly reaching out for the man she loves, despite his marriage to another. The brilliant manner in which Miss Whanon developed the story of “The Age of Innocence” won the l,ooodol. Pulitzer Prize for this novel, which ranks as one of the outstanding achievements of modern literature. Warner Bros, determined to spare neither histrionic talent or directorial mastery In their screen version of this stirring book.