"SAFARI."

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1940, Page 8

"SAFARI."

St. James Tomorrow,

, A beautiful white woman alone in the heart of the jungle with two men; That is the situation in Paramount's "Safari," thrilling action-romance which opens at the St. : James Theatre tomorrow,' with Madeleine Carroll, blonde English star, as the, woman, and Douglas Fairbanks, jun., and Tullio Carminati as the two men. "Safari, filmed against, the background,.of an African big-ganie hunt, tells the story of a girl who sets out to get her man —and winds up ' pitting : two men against each other for her love.. .Carminati, as a Continental millionaire, inyites Miss Carroll to accompany him on the safari. Fairbanks is the virile young ': guide ' for' the expedition. To stir Carminati's interest and arouse his.jealousy, Madeleine .devotes her attention .to Fairbanks, with the result that the two men are soon at each others, throats,, And in. ..the heart of ; the jungle, far from civilisation's laws, being at each other's throats can be. a very literal—and dangerous—business. "Safari" was directed by Edward H. Griffith, who made . Miss Carroll's, last two hits, "Honeymoon in Bali" and "Cafe Society." The supporting cast includes Muriel Ahgelus, screen hew-, comer; Lynrie Overman, : popular Comedian; and Billy Gilbert, comedy favourite, of musical comedy, legitimate stage, and screen. The film is replete with thrilling.. action ~. .scenes—raging jungle beasts, weird African voodoo rites, exciting chases by land and air of .big game.' ;. ..' ;