OPERA HOUSE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10734, 3 November 1928, Page 6

OPERA HOUSE

“CHANG”

Two hundred elephants stampede upon you—tigers s(pring to within two or three feet of you. These are typical of the thrills you will get in ‘'Chang” at the Opera House on Monday night. Sitting i;n a comfortable chair,.'the perils and dangers ol this slice of real life and of the man who spent years in photographing it will be realised to the fullest in these mighty moments. Primitive man, and his unceasing effort) against the perils' that stalk by night and by day is the underlying theme of the picture. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest .Schoedsack spent almost two years in the interior of Siam making the. picture, and getting the thrills that make you quiver in your seat with excitement. This is the simple story of the struggle of a native family for existence against the perils of the jungle. It has drama, pictorial beauty, comedy and all other essentials to which you look eagerly forward when seeing a picture. From Bankok, the capital of Siam, Sclioedsack went through the jungles of Indo China, ; while Cooper explored Southern ■ Sia-ifb They were told that far in ;the North of Siam, in the Nan-dis-trict, they would find the jungle • triumphant. This district is so remote that.it requires weeks) to reach it, I hilt in the. rainy season it is inacjcessible. Tigers had been seen Lvquentlv near the village, and one night Cooper and Schoedsaclc were called hastily from bed to find a. tiger in their compound, and exciting moments followed. Then come.® the greatest thrill you will get: in' a theatre seat. The drive of the elephant herd. Hundreds of little brown men, moving surely and stealthily, and : driving before them a mighty herd, 7 ■/ ■ •