QUO VADIS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7569, 23 May 1914, Page 2

QUO VADIS.

TO-.NXOHT, AT TEMUK'A. “Quo \ adis,” the world’s ■ leading' 'picture play, SO JO’feet in length, a complete opening's is tin: tide of the famous Jilm to Ijb .screened da . the Dominion Theatre this evening. This great picture ran lor ten consecutive wanks at Sydney, lor nine weeks at Melbourne, and for 30 weeks at -Albert Hall, London. A conspicuous figure throughout the picture is that of the imperial Caesar, Nero —voluptuary and tyrant. “Quo Vadis" is a picture-play masterpiece.i tic story of the Homan Empire is tnJii Ijy the master hand of Henryk S ienkicwic/t in ids notable book, and scarcely an Incident in all that great work has been allowed to drop. The spectacle of Home burning is one of awful grandeur, and, while this greuiand bcaut'itul city is liama-swept to destruction, Nero is shown coming forth to sing. This is one of.tue, j most UirilJiug of the ,many thrilling-: I sections of the film, as is also the I brilliant scene presented’ by the deusc-i I ly packed Colliseum. The view of the groat arena, with the thousands of spovtalors is a spectacle unique in duematography. Hero are shown, in : a seemingly impossible Teat of picture making, the gladiatorial contests,, chariot races ; and the might of Ursua ' as he overcomes the wild bull upon the hack of which the maiden Lygia , has been tied. Into this arena arc also drives the doomed Christians, and on them arc loosed twenty lions. Tin* tragic death of Petronius and Eunice, Ids faithful slave, at a farewell banquet, given in accordance with the then prevailing custom, (isfollowed shortly by the death of . Hero, 'Listened by' the hand of a slave. The picture is in every sense a remarkable work of photography. A feature of the evening’s entertainment will he the musical accompaniment by Mi: Sci'imgeour, which will include (ho “Grand March from Tannhausor,” Marcli from Meyerbeer’s MI. a Proplielo” Hurning of Homo, etc. The overture will he the Entry of the GladiatorsI’ricrs as usual. This, p'cllire coming immediately after, the great picture “With Scott to tho Pole, Mr McGrath deserves liberal pat; )on.afor his enterprise.