ir : —' ■ ! i I We Desire to Impress YOU... I .%% ... § ••• and everybody in Wellington that "Forty Thousand Horsemen" is tbe i| § finest entertainment offering in the whole history of Australian motion & f| picture production* Seldom is a screen play heralded with such extensive i| § advertising as we are now using, but we believe we have a duty to S| ;§ bring its superb qualities to the attention of the public* | $: C * $ >- >& 0 We could fill this newspaper with the laudatory notices showered on "Forty Thousand Horsemen" by the world's >BC W. press. One notice, however, is symbolical of them all, and we have chosen the review from the "Sydney |gj H . Morning Herald" (Australia's sternest entertainment critic). We'think you will accept the sincerity, the '& >& appreciation and the undoubted enthusiasm that this reviewer has endeavoured to incorporate into cold print* ;^: "# \ . . :.£: f" - V : ''Si ■& ■■■■ :; ■ ■■ ■■■■• ■ ■ • - ■ w . ; .. . . *■ J£ :^: ". B Presented by Famous Feature Films and released by Universal, There have been some good Australian films before this one, The photography is excellent, bringing an uncanny realism to f&, •■ v fi Charles ChauvePs Jong awaited Australian production, "Forty but "Forty Thousand Horsemen" has every right to be regarded as those desert and battle sequences. The strictly military aspect of yg £& B Thousand Horsemen," was given its first public screening at the the first "really great Australian picture." the story has been adroitly handled as has the Turkish aspect of the :yg •$£ B, Mayfair Theatre. campaign. -y> )yg B . Never before has an Australiian producer-director attempted ,^ w H Because of Its heroic, historic story, as much as for its magnitude " mass spectacle on the scale revealed in "Forty Thousand Horsemen." Remembering that the picture was made just a few miles from j&. *£?"■■'■ I " an(^ c 'censowWp dispute about certain sections of it, no local The sequence representing the famous charge of the Australian Light Sydney — and this seems almost incredibie at times —• the atmos- ; ;^: H production has ever been received with such interest. It is a picture Horse at Beersheba is as dynamic in its dramatic realism and sus- phere is astonishingly effective. Most important of ell is the laconic 0..- H which Australia can salute. With fine dramatic power in the presen- tamed battle action as any imaginative Hollywood or English note of Australian casuainess and humour running through the '^' $$$• H tation of those epic desert battles which brought everlasting glory producer could have made it. The battle for Gjaia Is splendidly narrative. The film is as much a tribute to the horses of the :^: \4 B to the Australian Light Horse in the first world war, Mr. Charles re-created, but that spectacle of charging horsemen finally reaching Australian cavalry as it is to those men who rode them sp spectacuy2 ■ Chauvel and his technicians and actors have given to the public at the their objective with fierce hand-to-hand combat is something that larly to victory. Its romance is slight, but neatly woven into the O H right psychological moment a film that must thrill every Australian. has to be seen before it can be fully appreciated. colourful texture of the campaign. *■■-:.'- , .■■■ ■ W xc- ■ ' '" , 9 *;.,:., :" : ; - ■ .-. ■ '■. ■ .^^^ ■ ' Si£ :>1?:;: / !"^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hf" .^^ ~-"■■' %;-' v^^^^^^^l^H^^^^H^^^^H MB^^BHPj^WWilß|g||^pW|l||^^|^^^^^^^^^.: Proudly Presenting Charles Chauvel s Epic of Palestine Itl^-io •• . ; tk\ v«y - ' - 1* *"""^^^^^^^^^^^^^B v■^^B^^^B^^Bßf s «I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K^^w^^^^^l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BAJ^ri^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^lkA\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H'"■' Lucfr» In the Ann3is ot cmpiro* ii\©coynfrtofid©d oy v^onsor top »>^u| $ i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h •* «&• j^^^^^^^^^^^^R^^^^k % ■* "^ s■*■** % c^ % -> % *• % s■■ s > ''**Hw%*4i*w¥rt*p*¥^-''\ "* J^B^^^^^*Lii!^vv >>v\^&*^4MM **> *^k^^B W& -^ *" *- ■• l^^^^^^t '^^^HHBBP *lAjl k *" * * i3^^^^^HßfiraS^ J^^^K^j^fctv'' " Ttett 2 £ i^S^ %. "* *^^ vv^ %N <^ s\ * v • t yg . , v ,/»... . ' * &' § COMMENCING:- IT >¥TT" I H4T A 11? O TP¥^^ SESSIONS:- | I FRIDAY at IHL MAJLOIIL 2p.m.,5p.m.,8p. m. : $ s I THE UNDOUBTED REPUTATION OF THE MAJESTIC THEATRE IS STAKED UPON YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THIS FILM! § U ; ■ . ____„_ ■■■ : : ■■^■■--C:v X IB^QiQ^QIOIOtOIOIOKMGIOIQKMOIOi^^
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1941, Page 11
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