A WONDER FILM.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18681, 3 May 1926, Page 5

A WONDER FILM.

OUR NATIONAL PICTURE. 'GtiORIOUB XEW ZEALAND." See Naples and die. See "Glorious New Zealand' 1 and live. Sounder advice could not bo given the citizens of this Dominion at the present time, as to-day will witness the initial screening at the Liberty Theatre of the world's scenic masterpiece. Nothing attaining such a level in physical beauties crowded into & few thousan'? celluloid has ever yet been made for no country can offer the some facilities lor photography aa can New Zealand. It ig the cameraman's paradise, with its exquisite flora, its peaceful lakes, noble mountains and fiercely activo volcanos. AH the centres of beauty and uniqueness in the country were visited during the maiing of this film, with the result that everything of interest and appeal to New Zealandeis is included. All tastes were considered, t .at of the scholar as well as that of the merely curious, and if it only leads onetenth of the population to appreciate the country more "Glorious New Zealand" will have accomplished its mission. Taking one aa 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 in the pahs to see how ■ our Maori brethren are faring, the picture is always beautiful, always of absorbing interest, being infinitely more 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 audiences 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, "the 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 Fama will talk about tho film during its presentation, introducing into his discourse legends of Maori life and other features of interest. •i>erty Concert Orchestra, under Mr Ernest Jamieson, will play an appropriate programme of music, including the following:—Overture, "Kins Cotton" (Sousa), selections, /'Primrose (Gershwin), "La Bohetne" (Puccini), "Dejaouire" (St. Saens), "French Songs" (Langey), entr'acte, ''Turkish Patrol" (Michaelis), fox trots, "Red Hot Henry Brown," "Sorry. Teach Me," "She Showed Him," "Waiata Poi" (Alfred Hill), ' (>od. Defend Zealand" (Wood). The box plans are at The Bristol Piano Co., where seats may be reserved.