LYCEUM THEATRE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20012, 16 February 1914, Page 8

LYCEUM THEATRE.

To-night,' at the Lyceum, will sec the first screening in Wanganui of a very large 4,500 ft. '.reproduction of that disastrous episode of the American Civil "War, "The Battle of Gettysburg." Jt is claimed that the realism of this picture is such that spectators are almost led to believe that they are witnessing the real thing, and in this regard the iilm is said to overshadow all others, ft is described as "the latest and great.cst triumph of kinemiatography," and was produced to commemorate the fiftieth, anniversary of the famous fight at "the-little round top" at Gettysburg,. -•where 50.000 men were killed and wounded. The huge spectacle is worked jnto a strong drama dealing with" the traditional love story of Lieut. Lamar, a prominent soldier of the North, and Virginia Burk, a beauty of the South, known as "the "girl in Confederate grey." Concerning the presentation cf the picture at Denver City, U.S.A., the "Times" said: —"Among the 25,000 people who saw 'The Battle of Gettysburg' last week, were hundreds of the '■boys' in blue and grey. Among those who applauded the reproduction of /the crash and flash of cavalry arifl infantry, were many with tear-dimmed eyes, and hearts that"bled in memory of loved ones that war, grim harvester, had gathered. Valiant old soldiers saluted M'ith trembling hands their Lee or Grant. The producers have pictured life- What more could be said of any play?"