AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 4 August 1921, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

“THROUGH JUNGLE WILDS.” “Through Jungle Wilds,” a most remarkable film narrative of the amazing experiences of Mr Harrry Eustace, F.Z.S., while big game hunting in Central Africa, will be screened at the Opera House this evening, and will continue for a limited season of three afternoons and three nights. The film depicts some amazing incidents, which would be regarded as incredible were it not for the fact that they are actually shown on the screen, and described by Mr Eustace himself. The “Otago Daily Times” says the following of this wonderful film story:—“'Die picture illustrates and describes some of the sights and episodes that have come his way during his 27 years of adventure in the wilds of Africa. Air Eustace has gone as far as an explorer could have gone into the heart of Darkest Africa; has altogether travelled 50,000 miles on his different trips; and has had some extraordinarily narrow escapes from death, for the rhinoceros refuses to ’look pleasant’ when he has his photograph taken, but prefers to charge like a tank at the man with the kinematograph camera. But Mr Eustace survived his adventures with the rhinoceros, and succeeded in getting moving pictures of many of the wildest animals in their natural habitat, some of them as near as within 12ft of the camera. Mr Eustace’s description of his adventures, and the wild life of the African interior, are most interesting. and, touched with humorous reminiscences, hold the attention of the audience from first to last. A feature of tlie pictures Mr Eustace has taken is the large amount of scenic beauty they show. Africa has some wonderful sights—for example, the magnificent Victoria Falls —while there is plenty of mountain and river scenery. Mi Eustace has shown this side also of his explorations, and so made his entertainment as varied as it is exciting. This entertainment shows that the kinema can have a high educational and scientific value, particularly as it is very few people who ever have a chance of studying lions and leopards and other creatures of the jungle in their free and natural condition.” Patrons may book their seats at Henderson's.

PARAMOUNT. A hewer of homely rhyme is “Sundown Slim,” a hobo of the uncommon, or poetic variety whose philosophy of the open road and the open heart was expounded last night on the screen of the Paramount Theatre. Harry Carey doesn’t play “Sundo.wn Slim” —he just naturally is “Sundown Slim.” If H. H. Knibbs had a real hobo in mind when he wrote his novel, Harry Carey makes use feel that he is that hobo’s one and only proxy. Tho art of going shaveless, penniless, foodless and friendless is one cultivated exclusively by the tramp for the simple joys of wandering the winding road that leads over the hills, of sleeping under a myriad of cool stars, and of drinking gloriously of clear springs. Such a tramp is an idealistic hero worthy of immortalisation. The supporting films are excellent.

THE COSY. There was a big crowd at the Cosy for the mid-week change of programme last night.- A thrilling picture of life on a sailing vessel bound on a voyage round the Horn is revealed in “The Mutiny of the Elsinore,” the special production with an all-star cast led by Mitchell Lewis, a striking figure in virile roles. The picture may I best be one which makes j one’s hair rise, for it develops of all the power inherent in the source itself, that of Ja.ck London’s stirr'ng story of conflict between strong men of tho sea. More than this, however, the picture presents an arresting portrayal of life on a sailing ship, where the mutiny of the gangster crew, who have been recruited from the dives of ’Frisco, is put down by the iron han] of John Pike, the sailing vessel’s first mate. “The Diamond Queen” serial, a comedy and a gazette wore good supporting films shown.