DELUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1935, Page 7

DELUXE THEATRE.

• That it is not necessary to have warriors or gangsters to provide a motion picture with thrilbi or the affairs of a rich young woman to give the plot interest, is convincingly-proved in "Sequoia," the open-air drama :which !is now beiue screened at : the De Luxe .Theatre. To sceptics who may... think" that at is merely, a lesson m natural history it is necessary to say no more-than that into this-pic-ture \%- crammed 'mare Btirring-'action tnan may be found in a dozen productions with more intriguing titles, wliile an intense interest, in the progress of the story is- sustained from start to finish. The survival of the fittest holds good in animal as well in human life, and the dangers _wmoh beset the wild creatures trom their natural enemies, and also from m. a.?' K^ teen "Picturised -in "Sequoia" with vivid realism... With a spacious background of wild mountain and forest scenery, there is unfolded the intriguing story of .a fawn anda puma..cub brought up together as pets by Torn . Martin (Jean Parker), the daughter of a novelist who has gone to the Sequoia National Park m search of inspiration., Reversion to niß natural instincts causes the puma later to_ turn mto. a midnight marauder, but the friendship between himand the fawn, andbetween both animals and the girl remain unbroken during passing years. The bond .is severely tested at times, largely owing to the activities of a forest outlaw, and there are some exciting scenes when the animals come to the resoue of edch other, and .of Tbni. Russell Hardie plays the part of Bob Alden, the forest ranger who figures in a romance with Toni m this-really remarkable picture in which animals take the leading roles. The supports include a prettily-executed dance fantasy by little Baby Witte, a Laurel and Tlardy conjedy, views in colour of, the Zion Canyon, a sound cartoon, newsreels, and selections on the Wurlitzer organ by Miss Iris Mason.