The Shadow Show

NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 18

The Shadow Show

I PICTURES before being screeni * ed for public entertainment j' are' shown to a select few at I .what are termed "private i . screenings." There is no music | and the film is run through to I an accompaniment of critic-ism, I "knocks", and frank comment. j Stars are slated 'and' directors I' torn to shreds. After, the' snovy, ! exhibitors- proceed to search a | dictionary for adjectives*- and | laud m the puff pars and adI vertisements these , self -same c stars and directors. "N.Z. ! Truth" hopes to sit m from, time I to time at private, screenings m ! the future. Its criticisms of ! pictures for release will be frank • I and impartial — a change from I- the fulsome eulogy of the daily •.- --j papers — and should serve as a I useful, guide to 'showmen and; I. anyone m the country who I wishes to see only, what is worth ; seeing.