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World Premiere of Picture Viewed by Thousands Here
'The Barrier' Voted Mighty Spectacle, Vaudeville Fine
Several thousand San Bernardinans saw the world's premiere of "The Barrier" at the West Coast theater yesterday, packed houses greeting each of the four performances. Each one of the thousands seeing the picture voted it a mighty spectacle.
This reviewer has yet to see such wonderful character acting, beautiful scenery and spectacular thrills as George Hill, director, has included in this mighty Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production.
The picture starts in the very first foot with a sea storm, the like of which has never been projected on the screen in the past. The crushing of a ship by the ice jam in Alaska toward the end is a spectacle that will not be forgotten in many months.
Throughout the picture the work of the principals - Lionel Barrymore, Henry B. Walthal, Norman Kerry and Marcelina Day - predominates, although too much cannot be said for the clever comedy touches injected into the picture by George Cooper and Bert Woodruff.
Pretty Marcelina Day demonstrated why she had been chosen from among the newcomers to the screen as the Wampas baby star of 1926.
Not content with presenting San Bernardino with its first world's premiere, the West Coast has booked a Vaudeville show that will be hard to beat. Clever little Ginger Rogers showed why she won the Texas state championship as a Charleston dancer and Earl Leach and Jo Butler, accompanying her, were runners-up. Rogers and Gamble have a very clever offering called "Laughter and Learning." There also is a splendid music, song and dance act, a comedy Number by Grey and Byron and a fine juggling and balancing act.
Mitchell's Music Masters also contribute their share to this big show with a number called "Dinah," featuring a tenor solo by Ed Rees.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 1 March 1926, Volume LVIII, Number 1, page 6.
'The Barrier' Voted Mighty Spectacle, Vaudeville Fine
Several thousand San Bernardinans saw the world's premiere of "The Barrier" at the West Coast theater yesterday, packed houses greeting each of the four performances. Each one of the thousands seeing the picture voted it a mighty spectacle.
This reviewer has yet to see such wonderful character acting, beautiful scenery and spectacular thrills as George Hill, director, has included in this mighty Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production.
The picture starts in the very first foot with a sea storm, the like of which has never been projected on the screen in the past. The crushing of a ship by the ice jam in Alaska toward the end is a spectacle that will not be forgotten in many months.
Throughout the picture the work of the principals - Lionel Barrymore, Henry B. Walthal, Norman Kerry and Marcelina Day - predominates, although too much cannot be said for the clever comedy touches injected into the picture by George Cooper and Bert Woodruff.
Pretty Marcelina Day demonstrated why she had been chosen from among the newcomers to the screen as the Wampas baby star of 1926.
Not content with presenting San Bernardino with its first world's premiere, the West Coast has booked a Vaudeville show that will be hard to beat. Clever little Ginger Rogers showed why she won the Texas state championship as a Charleston dancer and Earl Leach and Jo Butler, accompanying her, were runners-up. Rogers and Gamble have a very clever offering called "Laughter and Learning." There also is a splendid music, song and dance act, a comedy Number by Grey and Byron and a fine juggling and balancing act.
Mitchell's Music Masters also contribute their share to this big show with a number called "Dinah," featuring a tenor solo by Ed Rees.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 1 March 1926, Volume LVIII, Number 1, page 6.
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