STORY OF WOMAN SPY.
Marlene Dietrich’s marvellous gifts of portrayal are given full scope in her latest motion picture. “ Dishonoured,” which Is being shown at the Theatre Royal. She is co-starred with the popular Victor M’Laglen. ” ABRAHAM LINCOLN.” A decade and a half ago, D. W. Grif- - fiths. dreamer, idealist, sculptor in living figures, by his genius lifted a tattered and struggling art to world-wide recognition with his great picture. “ The Birth of a Nation.” In a day he transformed the world of pictures! And now the great master returns to grasp the leadership of the talking screen and 1 carry its banners to new and lofty heights. “ Abraham Lincoln ” is the title of his first talking picture, and again, as in “ The Birth of a Nation,” he has chosen as his theme that tumultuous time that revolved round the figure of Lincoln, days pregnant with great events, hours freighted with titanic emotions, moments charged with tender loves, bitter hates, sacrifices and devotion. Against the vast panorama moves Lincoln, boy, youth, man —his life an epic, his story the saga of a soul and nation. In sweep and spectacle it is declared to be without parallel. Thousands of people surge through its mighty scenes, battles are fought, history is written, and through if all moves the figure of the noble Lincoln. It is an artistic thiumph for the director, and it is equally a triumph for Walter Huston. who so faithfully portrays the role of the renowned figure. Sometimes merry, sometimes sad, always thoughtful. young man and mature, the figure of Lincoln moves through the film, a perfect living image. “ Abraham Lincoln ” as a picture is intended as entertainment and as such it reaches to great heights, for no one can see the film without becoming absorbed in its story of romance, action and of men’s ambitions. The film was seen at a special private screening by a representative gathering of citizens and it will * begin its season at the Theatre Royal on Saturday.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 233, 1 October 1931, Page 3
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