GENERAL FILM GOSSIP.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17575, 27 June 1925, Page 20 (Supplement)

GENERAL FILM GOSSIP.

“ The Brass Bowl,” which comes to the Queen's Theatre on Monday, is i% Fox film version of Louis Vance’s wellknown novel. The whole basis of this thrilling story has to do with a eo incidence wherein a respectable bachelor is mistaken for a notorious international criminal because he looks so much like him. These two men can bv Fate from ostensibly the same mould arc tossed by circumstances into the life of one woman. Each, in his own way, loves that women intensely, and, for reasons which seem strange until the very last, she encourages both of them until it seems inevitable that a mortal combat alone will settle the question. One suitor is a good man and his rival is a verybad man, vet each has his innings within grasping radius of victory. Edmund Lowe has the dual role of the two men, and Claire Adams is the “The Son of the AVolf,”’ a screen version of Jack London’s popular story, will form the second attraction at the Queen’s Theatre next week. The wild rough snow-covered country where might makes right and men are not slow to use their fists, furnishes a striking background for the picture. The story has to do with the adventures of one Scruff Mackenzie, a stouthearted voung man. amid the vast snows of the Northland, and of liis love for Cliooka-Ra, an Indian maid. About these characters has been woven a gripping tale that is replete with thrills. A real Indian village in the heart of the frozen wilderness of Alaska was used as the setting for the production, and a big cast of Indians add much to the realistic atmosphere. “ Name the Man!” * adapted for Ooldwyn by Victor Seastroin, from Sir Hall Caine’s novel, ‘‘The Master of Man,” will be the chief attraction on the new programme at Evervbodv < Theatre and. Greater Crystal Palace, commencing on Monday. An Amcri- ( un appreciation of the* picture reads: “ The director brought to the filming