“BRASS COMMANDMENTS”

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6408, 30 October 1923, Page 8

“BRASS COMMANDMENTS”

WM. FARNUM’S LATEST t Drama and William Farnum — There, is a combination that becomes stronger with every picture in, which the Fox star appears. His latest, “Brass Commandments,” will be seen at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday. It is a story of the West, done in the breezy style of Charles Alden Seltzer, popular for his narratives of outdoor fiction. To make a good thing better Tom Santschi, who held such a memorable conflict with Farnum in the “Spoilers,” gives the Fox star an equally historis battle in this play. There are two girls in the stroy., Wanda Hawley plays a capable feminine lead opposite Farnum and Claire Adams comes in for her share of honors. There is action, tons of it; the story retains interest by its dramatic intensity; the romantic skein is well woven through the tale, and the climax thunders with power. This is the opinion of critics who saw the film before its release to the general public.