BIG WEEK-END DOUBLE BILL AT TIVOLI For yours million-picture producers saw good screen material in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic, “The •Scarlet Letter,’’ but most of them considered that it was too difficult a matter to handle, and so shied away from it. Then came Afetro-Uoldwyn-iMayer, determined to perpetuate for the screen one of the most arresting and beautiful love stories ever written. 'With Victor Scarstpom as director, Lillian Gish as Hester l’rvn no, the heroine, and a Swedish actor, Lars Hansen, as tho Lev. Arthur Dimmesdale, the girl’s lover, they made “The Scarlet Letter’’ into a picture. And what a picture. It has been claimed for many productions that they have set a new standard in cinematic art. “The Scarlet Letter’’ makes no claim, it unquestionably establishes its right to the honour. “The Scarlet'Letter’’ is miles in front of contemporary screen’ effort. The second picture is “Slim Fingers,” [starring Bill Cody and Duane Thomp'son. It is a story of underworld art jthieves and is a Universal Jewel production.
LieftrEN 'YbtIRSfcfcAVELS WISEMAN &. SON’S LTD. ALBERT ST., AUCKLAND
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6948, 29 June 1929, Page 3
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