EVERYBODY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 14

EVERYBODY’S

“GRIP OF THE YUKON” There is a touch of romance an< thrill in ‘ Grip of the Yukon,” the Uni versa! picture now showing at Every body’s Theatre, that will set the blooc tingling through the veins of the mos critical theatregoer. It is a most vivid screen version o: the great snow wastes of Alaska. Th< story is an origina photo-play, and has one of the most unique plots ever worked into a story of this type. The direction has beer perfectly mastered by Ernst Laemmle : whose knowledge ol dramatic scenes and carefully worked out camera effects have made the picture one of the most outstanding photographic studies on the screen One almost feels the intense cold ol the great glaciers and icefields whicl form the background for practically the entire action of ".he story. Anc into the cast of this great picture Universal has placed some of the foremost men and women players of tin screen. In fact, it might be termed an all-star cast. June Marlowe, ir the leading feminine role, gives a sympathetic conception of the charactei of Sheila O'Neil as the daughter o: Burr Mclntosh, who appears in the be whiskered role of an Alaskan prospector. Francis X. Bushman, once Broad way’s idol, portrays a real he-mar role as the pal of Neil Hamilton, anc with the support of Theodore Lorch Otis Harlan, and James Farley, make; one of the best screen appearances o his career. The story The strong colourful story. “Tin Cossacks.” with John Gilbert and Rene* Adoree, is the second attraction.