AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18680, 1 May 1926, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

WONDER FILM. OUR NATIONAL PICTURE. foLORIOUE NEW ZEALAND." See Naples and die. See "Glorious New Zealand' and live. Sounder advice could not be given the citizens of this Dominion at the present time, as Monday approaches, the day of tho initial screening at the Liberty Theatre of the world's scenic masterpiece. Nothing attaining such a level in physical beauties crowded into a few thousand leet ot celluloid has ever yet been cr no country can offer the same facilities for photography as can New Zealand. It is the cameraman's paradise, with its exquisite flora, its peaceful lakes, noble mountains and fiercely active volcanor. All the centres of beauty and uniqueness in the country were visited during the making of this fiim, with the result that everything of interest and appeal to New Zealanders is included. All tastes were considered, tliat cf the scholar as well as that of the merely curious, and if it only leads onetenth of tho population to appreciate the country more "Glorious New Zealand" will have accomplished its mission. Taking one S3 it does from the tropical glories of the north down to the cold and glittering purity of the far south, reaching out on to White Island, to see the belching craters, dipping into Samoan life, and lingering long in the pahs to see how our Maori . brethren are taring, the picturo is always beautiful, always of absorbing interest, being infinitely moro entertaining than the average travelogue and a thousand times more lovely. New Zealanders have always had a reputation of being faithful to their own, and crowded audierccs everywhere have testified to the patriotic popularity of this exquisitely toned masterpiece. Prominent men and officials of the Dominion's public life have poured lavish praise upon it, and the Press everywhere have spared no words in describing it. "For once," says a leading North Island journal, "tho newspaper advertising of a film has not exaggerated the value of the goods it represents. The Government Publicity Office production 'Glorious New Zealand' is indeed a thing of joy and beauty." The picture is soon to appear in theatres in Great Britain, Australia, and the United States, and will surely be a medium of introducing us to the world in fitting manner. Mr Tano F&ma will talk about the film during its presentation, introducing into his discourse legends of Maori life and other features of interest. ■bevty Concert Orchestra, under Mr Ernest Jamieson, will play an appropriate programme of music, including the following:—Overture, "King Cotton" (Squsa), selections, • -"Primrose" (Gershwin), "La Boheme" (Puccini). "Dejanire" (St. Saens), "French Songs" tLangey), entr'acte, "Turkish Patrol" (Michaelis), fox trots, "Red Hot Henry Brown," "Sorry, Tench Me," "She Showed Him." "Waiata Por (Alfred Hill), • ; }od Defend New Zealand" (Wood). The .box .plans are at The Bristol Piano Co., where ecats may bt reserved.