"HERITAGE."

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 8

"HERITAGE."

An Australian Triumph.

Great interest has been centred upon the releasing of "Heritage" in view of the fact that it was chosen by the Commonwealth Government as the best film produced in Australia, by winning the £2500 prize. Much has been written in favourable Press criticisms of "Heritage," which is likely to challenge all box office records previously established for Australian productions wherever it is screened. Definitely a very big claim to make, but the possibilities are there in a film of this kind, for the ! rise and progress of a great country has been splendidly revealed in this Australian film triumph of the Common[wealth, present and future. Its tremendous success is based upon the fact that it is flooded with the poetry, [ drama, and splendour of the Australian people—The poetry of their love, the drama of their pioneering achievements, and the splendour of their great outback. Mr. Charles Chauyel has shown, fine vision in the handling of Australia's great pioneering pageant, and associated with him in the unfolding of such an historical cavalcade of early struggles are such well-known I Australian artists as Frank Harvey—a name instantly recalled by legitimate theatregoers in the days when Harvey was a headline name with "The Firm"; an artist of the highest histrionic calibre. A girl who will win instant admiration of local film fans is Peggy Maguire, a native of Queensland, already singled out by the Press as one who faces a brilliant screen future. Peggy plays the role of an Irish girl who comes out on a "wife-ship" and enters where the story begins.

In addition to its artistic and dramatic qualities, "Heritage" contains some of the finest pieces of cameracraft yet presented on the Australian screen. Much celluloid has already been taken up in previous productions with shots- of Australian bush and farm life, but in "Heritage" Mr. Chauvel has captured1 pride-of'place for some of the rarest shots revealing huge bullock teams introduced in such a novel manner that they become a vital part of the picture's story, instead of creeping in merely to add "scenic" grandeur to the film.

"Heritage" opens at the St. James Theatre on Friday next.

NO-LICENCE DEMONSTRATION.

A no-licence demonstration will be held in the Taia Hall, Kilbirnie, tomorrow, commencing at 8.15 p.m. The speakers will be the Rev. Mr. Silcock and Mr. Malton Murray, secretary of the New Zealand Alliance. Community singing will commence at 7.30, and several solos will be contributed by well-known vocalist*. '