"THE FOUR FEATHERS.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 5

"THE FOUR FEATHERS.

ihe Four Feathers," successor to "Chang" and "Beau Gestc," will come to tho Grand Opera House next Monday night. Tho dim boasts of several of the most striking scenes of animal lifo that a camera has recorded. How they were photographed is tile biggest mystery of all, and it is attributable, probably, only to the magic and daring of the pair of adventurers who first gave us "Chang," and then went to Africa to do this one. Another effect which is shown oh the enlarged 'screen is a battle between British soldiers and thousands of brushy-haired natives who glide on droves of whito camels to meet a formidable ■battle square. So' skilMly is it handled, so beautifully is It photographed—partly on African' soil and partly on Californian deserts— that it is a more than satisfactory climax. The scones iv England, both oxterior and interior, arc glcamlngly photographed, as are tho later African scenes. The outline is well guided and holds the interest. "The Four Feathers" is a successful feat in silent adventure stuff. The leading roles in the Him are taken by Richard Arlen, Clivo Brook. William Powell, Fay Wray, George Fawcett, Theodore yon Elf*, and Noah Beery. Loather Mcndes, the German director, has handled the Hollywood insets In tho story in a flue fashion, and the synchronised scores, the biKi screen, and the animals did more than their hit., Box plans open to-morrow morning at Tho Bristol and the Berkeley.