'NANOOK OF THE NORTH’

Evening Star, Issue 18852, 29 January 1925, Page 9

'NANOOK OF THE NORTH ’

EMPIRE THEATRE TO-MORROW. A film of special interest will open ft! the Empire Theatre to-morrow. It ia ■ Xanook of the North,’ a story of life and love in the Arctic. The story gives one an interesting idea of the life of the Eskimo in the frozen northern wastes. Where food is to be found there go Nanook (tho hero of the story) and hia family, from his wife to his naked little baby," carried in the fur “parka” on her shoulders. In summer they go down the river to the salmon and walrus fishing grounds at sea. In winter they are ofttimes actually starving before they catch a seal and appease their hunger on its raw meat. When night comes every member of the family helps build the ice igloo. In an hour it is ready for occupancy, and they tyke off their fur clothes, use them for' praows, and crawl under fur robes. In the morning the Eskimo mother washes her baby, the dog sledges are packed, and they are off. for the search for food furnishes the motive for everything they do, and necessitate* their nomadio life. "Nanook lures the salmon with tpieces of ivory oo a line, then, spears them, and bites them to death. When the sea is free of ice and the salmon gone, they face starvation; but when walruses arc found on a far-off island, excitement reigns, for a two-ton. walrus means a lot of food, and therefore, to the Eskimo, wealth. But they arc dangerous animals to catch, and the men have atough struggle before-one is harpooned, dragged out of tho surf, andhisra.iv meat eaten by all, from dogs to nursing babies. Supporting attractions are ‘Tha Empire Builders,’ n' drama of African life, featuring Snowy Baker and his horse Boomerang. The Empire Orchestra, conducted by Mr C. Parnell, plays a programme whicli includes:—Entr’acte, 'Poet and Peasant’ (Snppe'ra 'Polar Suite’ (Trlnkaus) —(at ‘An Eskimo Wedding,’ (b) ‘Playful Polar Bears,’ Kj ‘ Sleigh Ttells’; ‘Madame Sherry Selection’ (Hoschna.)! ‘The Arab's Dream’ (Kendall); ‘ Hobomoko ’ (Beeves): ‘ Brazilians Characteristique’ (TTersoni).