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Programme List For February Sat 9lh—“Two Arabian Knights” Fri. 15th and Sat. 16th. —“Ben Hur”. This attraction ran for ten weeks in one theatre in Auckland. Sat. 23rd. —'“The Circus” which ran for six weeks in one theatre in Auckland.
Next Saturday “Two Arabian Knights”
February 15th and 16 th “Ben-Hur The King of Pictures “Ben-Hur” —-the immortal novel that has been translated into ten foreign languages and the first to be translated into Arabic —the stage play that has thrilled and inspired the English-speaking world for over a quarter of a century —is now presented as a colossal screen masterpiece, that will stand for all time as a monument to beauty and imagination and immense courage. “Ben-Hur” stands as the consummation of everything that motion picture makers have been striving tor from the beginning of the unspoken drama. It is a masterpiece so rare and fine and full of majesty that can only be compared to the greatest achievements in the realms of art and literature. The world follows where Royalty has led —for the Royal Family of England and the crowned heads of Europe have all s»en and marvelled at “Ben-Hur.” The mind of man has never conceived the words to describe this mammoth picture —the eye of man has never beheld its equal.
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Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 8, 6 February 1929, Page 5
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219PERIA PICTURE PALACE Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 8, 6 February 1929, Page 5
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