WORLD’S PICTURES

Patea Mail, Volume XLVI, 29 August 1923, Page 2

WORLD’S PICTURES

“THE PRODIGAL JUDGE" “The Prodigal Judge," which will be the attraction to-night, brings to the screen a character who has long lived in fiction and has become endeared to the hearts of fiction lovers. Eloquent at every bar, Ealstaffian in capacity of appetite and intellect, the Judge is a man to be reckoned with. In him the ridiculous struggles for mastery with the sublime; the spectator laughs over him and then loves him, and in the end rises to a point of delighted admiration for the vagabond who still remains the high-aninded, great-hearted gentleman. He is the most striking character in a picture of many striking characters; a romance rich in incident, hearty in humour, fullH flowing in a broad current of life and events. Love and hate and private feud, true friendship and evil ambition, the mysterious and unexpected, all have their place in the plot of this great American picture. And the very core and focus of interest is the unforgettable, magnificent figure of the prodigal judge. It has been termed a Rembrandt of the screen and the greatest picture of the year.