“PEACEFUL VALLEY.”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18322, 12 August 1921, Page 6

“PEACEFUL VALLEY.”

Charles Ray’s first picture for the First National Film Company, “Peaceful Valley,” a picture version of Sol Smith Russed’s famous stage success, will commence at, the Queen’s Theatre to-day. This ture brings back the “wonder boy of the screen” in a role which he has made a perfect thing of its kind. The country youth is with us again—as human, as natural, as humorous as his creator can make him To see the star again as the rustic lad who does the chores, makes love in an awkward fashion, and good-naturedly teases his mother and sister brings an hour of complete enjoyment. He resides in Peaceful Valley, where contentment is supremo. To ease the declining dalys of his mother and earn enough money to send his sister to school—that is his sole motive of life. The picture is punctuated with bright and charming flashes of country life—of how these simple people make the best of things, and go through life accepting it with a happy philosophy. The supporting items include the latest “Snooky” comedy, “A Trayful of Trouble," and the latest Pathe Gazette. Special music will be rendered by the Queen’s Orchestra, under the baton of Madame Roggiardo. The box plan is at the Bristol.