AMUSEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, 8 December 1928, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—MATINEE ANU NIGHT. KEN MAYNARD IN “THE RUD RAIDERS.” Picture fans will De given theL opportunity to view the first, of the second series of sup* r-Western starring the popular western star, Ken Maynard, when “The Red Raiders’’ screens at thei Opera House, to-day, Saturday, mating and night. Maynard has a new type of role in his latest production. He has temporarily cast aside the sombrero and donned the top-piece of the regular army opt pre-Oivil War days. Th • handsome cowboy plays Lieut. John Scott, assigned to perilous Indian Ter ritory to protect early white settlors. The story euabJcs Maynard to establish himself further as a convincing portrayi'T of “he-man” roles. His riding and trickery aboard his Avtondor . Iqajrse, 'Tarran, are- claimed to outshine any amazing manoeuvres of this team. “The Red Raiders” was adapted by Marion Jackson from her origina story, “Thh White Horse Troop,” and wills produced by the Charles R. Rogers company for First National. SUNDAY NIGHT. PICTURE BENEFIT. Buck has a very interesting role in his new’ starring production. “Black Jack,” coming to Opera House on Sunday night at the Picture Benefit. He jilays the part of young virile chap who comes from the East to claim a share of a heritage h by his father, \vho perished in th p desert. He mel ts with the same man who tricked his father. The production is full of thrills and actions, Buck finally outwitting the villain. Others in the cast, are Barbara Bennett, Theodore Lorch, George Berrell t and many others. Orville Dull directed. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. “THE MIRACLE OF THE WOLVES. ’ ’ The Management of the Opera House, at which till l famous French screen masterpiece, ‘ ‘ The Miracle of the Wolves,” wili be screened on Monday and Tuesday next, have received a reply from its producer, Raymond Bernard, in answer to their request for some account of Ircw thu great masterpiece was produced. That description given in Bernard’s own; word:—“Practically every day 1 have i

ter answer letti rs from people asking Please tell us the truth about ‘ The Miracle of the Wolves'; Does not that film contain a number of tricks A few hundred of supernumeraries must have by soml* clever tricks given the impression of thousands am I thousands? Some of the settings showing the siege of Beauvais must have been made on And what about the They wer surely replaced by dogs? At the elid of tlw first episode of the film there were not less than 2,000 horsem! n engaged in the reconstruction of the battle of Montlhery, and for the siege *»f Beauvais, so intrepidly defended by Jeanne Fouguct, surnamld Jeanne Hachette, the dirf’-ctors had at th- ir disposal 3,000 soldiers from the French army, as well as innumerable super numaries. All the arms, cross-bows and have been copied from private collections or made from drawings of the period. The old City of Carcassonne has been chosen to re present Beauvais. It is the real city with no cardboard settings, as it has xisted since the Middle Ages. With reference to the wolves, they were brought f r om Poland after many difficulties, and then put in a park near Chamt(nix enclosed on all sides with gates 24 fd t high and, although two animal trainees have attempted t-o train them, the artists playing in that scene have really risked their lives. I do no feel entitl'd to divulge what I know about the means used to film the scenes of the wolves which was far from being without danger for thfl i artists. I will only say that before the iseene was filmed the wolves had received abundant foqd. But, in spite of that, when the animals were given the order to. attack th\ servants of Charles the Bold, one of the wolves played his part so well that he seized one of the actors by his neck, and seriously injured him. If th’ man, who was really fighting for his life, had not been lucky enough to pick up a dagger laying on. the ground and kill tha furious animal, cue name would have been added to the list of victims of the serf‘fen.”