"THE WHIP."

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17104, 8 September 1917, Page 10

"THE WHIP."

A tremendous racing car figures in " The Whip," and its turning of wooded oornors at breakneck speed in a race with tho Saratoga express seem 3 almost incredible. The great melodrama, which will be screened for the first time this afternoon at both the Octagon and King Edward Theatres, also contains a realistic and awful motor smash, when two great racing cars at express speed collapse and split to- matohwood. The great spectacle for which the stage version is famous 13 outdone in every way.' The train wreck is wonderful. A real train costing £5000 dashes into a standing car and smashes it into fragments after telescoping in a grinding rattle. The hunting scenes are of real runs put up by one of the smartest of modern caeks, "and thousands of pounds' worth of "horseflesh aro seen negotiating the jumps in style. The horse show, with its costly turnouts, trotters and pacers, huge ringaido enclosures, and grand stands filled with beauty and fashion, is another realistic piece of artistry. The race scenes are triumphs of the camera, and were only possible by ingenious arrangement of a great number of machines. Modern racing appointments, "Btop on, step off" weighing machines which record in writing the weight, machines of smart design for announdinff the results, names of riders, and so on, and the splendid stands, enclosures, and gardens, fill with interest the scenes of " The Whip," which was shown to 20,000 people,in. Wellington recently in one week, thereby creating a record.