LYRIC
“FLEETWING” “Fleetwing;,” now at the Lyric Theatre, is a drama of love and adventure on the sands of Arabia. The cast of the picture is a distinguished one. Besides Ben Bard, as a crafty Bedouin, it includes Barry Norton, who portrays the hot-blooded young sheik with surprising finesse; Dorothy Janis, Erville Alderson, James Anderson and Robert Kortman. “Fleetwing” is a s A ry of the passionate love of a harem girl for a young sheik, threatened with death for their illicit affair. A beautiful white Arabian horse appears in the picture with an almost lium»n characterisation. The horse, a full-blooded Arabian stallion, was taken to America to play a featured role in the production. The picture was directed by Lambert Hillyer and is a splendid entertainment. Love and adventure in the gaudy cafes, opera and underworld of Paris, is the background of “A Woman’s Way,” the second feature.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 521, 26 November 1928, Page 15
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149LYRIC Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 521, 26 November 1928, Page 15
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