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"FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN" —i ■. ■ —_— » Military Spectacle Unites Past and 4^§ Wnt& In these days when international power—with all our destinies—is flfl^VVIIH^^H balanced on a knife-edge, war is the H^V^^^^^H tiling nearest to the lives of the people; -• and a war picture like "Forty Thou- HBpMii^^H sand Horsemen" has an irresistible appeal. If we cannot, make war: vanish, _ • m^^^^^^^^^^ « we must perforce visualise it—we We still have quite a good must see war as it is, we must not selection of loose Gems. If we stupidly dig our1 heads in the sand -.-. t.„. , „• and see nothing. Therefore when the have not just the style King Australian picture-making industry you desire, let us make one tackled the task of making a great l_^-:-n., *«-„«,, military picture of Light Horse desert specially for you. tactics it tackled a great nation- E atteni ; on g ; von to Country making effort, which it has bravely car- ' t y.. ' , ned out. If "Forty Thousand Horse- .enquiries. 'men" had appeared two years ago, it the mv known jeweuirs of wuiington ■ could have been described as an out- IMPM! tinct 1863 fiHBJH^I present. Today, as in 1914-16, we have ■»————■— l the -desert fighting, now bequeathed ——■ : ~ 7 from sire to son, and becoming still » (djg^ifilf&'StS^SlSi^fl^Sli^W more imperishably an Anzac tradition. £%. llMJß'B'Htf WMwJP Now. as then, Australian and New II *WUH49iw»9ASjcK§j9i iff Zealand soldiers stand on guard in »|k^ s "V v ~*— "^-"^' Asia (Palestine) and in Africa. Arid. --.. once again, their war is a war of rapid flw^J^^^Sj^j^^ movement, and whether the movement 'l|Pl T&* is mechanical or by horse, the conquer- £ I|l 2^K"*a W\ -my «, ing spirit remains the same as it was . rnI»HE |!^1& Hi' l\f)T/ a generation ago. "Forty Thousand X Mg.Tff |§m xwv Horsemen," in visualising war to a r lipMp^lli^ M-/ 1%/M"^ 9 people at war, does not display its £ ,^^^fes?T J&Y 1*1.(5 • grimmer horrors. The picture.is one t* iPllillMV!^ that all may see—and, in fact, ought |- Fffl^ >k' T -If CO to see. There are tremendous feats [ S/^SyP^ »*ov of horsemanship. There are Aus- <x " ravi^i .-. tralian soldiers who combine war with ?, HaßSfltems? O-THOT * something of the spirit of Dumas' fe/ liSiifw \^"Av/J-i • Three Musketeers. And there is Jr fs%£zMS£xs romance in the form of a beautiful lii^Sw^ Q-TOL actually French girl (Betty Bryant). This war- jgjJOKfcl filfr _ nut } w e , Tavl drama of the Sinai desert, with its fifKplfi filters out those rayr driving sandstorms, is so close to the w^m^tlSlk of the sun. that present-day realities involving our £0P5P521*l ~. , kith and kin that it thrilled a large WW^Mw CaUSe bllstcrs and audience at a private screening last W*Jl^Ksl ncriv nainful redness evening in the Majestic Theatre. When E& WBS miniTca:acSs' "Forty Thousand Horsemen" makes W% It ib the comfortable, its bow to Wellington next Friday at W^MIotF kA0,,t;f,,1 «r 3V tn tan the Majestic Theatre it will be about MB beautiful way to tan. entering its eighth week-of exhibition Q-TOL is NOT f Sydney, which fact speaks for it- «g NQT ' == <^^^F won't show, stain or NATIONAL ART GALLERY. ' P'ck UP sand ' "* •, ■'' If you DO get The. collection of facsimile colour §11111? . , reproductions at the National Art Gal- iigf • burnt or bitten by lery, Buckle Street, is attracting ||ig M i fi - „ : n ,- rf - crowds of interested visitors. At 8 && sandtiies or insects, o'clock tonight in the Exhibition Gal- O-TOL stops the pain lery Mr. A. D. Carbery, C.8.E., will LM& ~ ~>> . give a talk on the Flemish paintings. i«i«j, in seconds • tZ Admission is free and the public are a bottle and take it on invited to attend. 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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1941, Page 10

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