LIBERTY THEATRE.
"HUNTING TIGERS IN INDIA."
Opening: with a brief explanation of the plans of an expedition into the jungles of India, in search of specimens for the Now York Natural History Museum, and following with a remarkable excursion into |>arts. never before photographed, "Hunting Tigers in India," which opened at the Liberty Theatre on Saturday, is one of the finest travelogues yet produced. Commander ,D. ; N. Dyott, the noted ex.plorer, explains, every move < in the hunt which, traverses'!! elephant, tiger, and rhino country, rand- one' sees, first of >ll, the enimals in theit natural conditions, the kill, and- then the' work ■of the taxidermist who must take the most exacting measurements in order that the. mounted specimen is true t'o' The full excitement of the chase is brought out in this film —even to the final* wirk of the vultures that- hover overhcacj', for?- 1 hours when they realise that there is' to be a kill. From many other points ■of TiGw "the picture may be comFor instance, the city life and the. weird rites of India's .teeming millions, are shown | il a manner that gives an unusually olear idea-of-the mysteries of the East. The selftorture of .pilgrims, ending with a dip in thft waters of the holv Ganges, are not-the* least among the incidental "shots." Melodrama of a sensational type is. presented in ''Men .on Call," a story, of i»Uway wngine-driver, about to be married, Who discovers that- his chorus-girl fihancefc has a "pas''-" Immediately after his discovery he. is called upon to drive a ODecial and overshoots, a signal. He, Eiupularly enough, the only person hurt, and a lew weeks later he finds himself down and out on a 1-ark bench. He is picked up by a . coastguard capt*i» -and" given employment' durHn'g whjeh "part in many thrilling i snrf rescues, Commencing with the girl- to, he ha® been., engaaed. ; There,, flip." and entanglements," Jrfae Clarke, "William "Harrigan. andWanjaii Hymer have the leadihg. loles," ' '
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20251, 1 June 1931, Page 8
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