ROUND THE PICTURE SHOWS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1245, 26 February 1914, Page 34

ROUND THE PICTURE SHOWS.

KING’S THEATRE. “-THE MIRACLE.” The presentation of a cinematograph reproduction of Professor Max Reinhardt’s mystery play “The Miracle’’ has maiked a new era in cinematography. While it is all very well to learn that there will be a full orchestra, and a large invisible choir, ic is not easy to realise the enormous difficulties which have to be overcome before such a film can be produced. Mr. Joseph Menchen (from whom Mr. Beaumont Smith has purchased tne, exclusive Australian and blew Zea land rights), who conceived the idea of cinematographing “The Miracle, ’ nad to search through many Looks of reference before he could finally discover the right castle for one of ills backgrounds. At last he decided on that one of Count Wilczek at Kreutzenstein, who very -graciousiy gave his permission for the use of his famous paiace. Alter this it was some time before he persuaded the ecclesiastical authorities to allow him the use of tnat old twelfth-century catnedral at Pecntildsdorf. About 800 persons had to be taken by motor car d 8 miles from Vienna, and thence up a mountain to a place 3000 feeabove the sea level. Whilst Pechtoldsdorf is 50 miles from Vienna, and the cast outnumbered the entire inhabitants of the little town, day after day these actors had to be fed at long tables ranged in the streets. With the co-operation of M. Michel Carre, France’s most famous cinematograph producer, Mr. Menchen triumphed in the end. This remarkable wo.d.ess, religious mystery play is over aOOO feet in length, and nad its initial production at the noju.. its initial production at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. “The Miracle” has just finished four weeks at The Glaciarium, Sydney, and nightly the huge building was crowded. “The Miracie ’ will be shown at King’s Theatre for one week, commencing on Monday next-