KINEMA ENTERTAINMENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22504, 23 February 1935, Page 19

KINEMA ENTERTAINMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE Norma Shearer comes to the screen after an absence of some 1.8 months. as the heroine of “ Riptide," which will be screened to-day at the Majestic Theatre. Familiar in daring sophistry to her famous characterisations in “ The Divorce, “ Free Soul.” and “Strangers May Kiss,” the new Shearer vehicle brings to the screen a romance which should have a universal appeal. This is Miss Shearer’s first screen offering since “Smilin Through,” winner of the 1932 photoplay gold medal award. Robert Montgomery,., who. has appeared in a number of Miss Shearer’s previous screen successes, and Herbert Marshall lead the male cast. Mrs Patrick Campbell, Ralph Forbes, Lilyan Taehman, Arthuh Jarrett, Earl Oxford,, Helen Jerome Eddy, and George K. Arthur are also in important roles. Mrs Campbell, hailed as one of England’s, most distinguished actresses and noted for her triumph in the theatre as “The Second Mrs Tanquary,” makes her film debut in the production, playing the comedy role of Aunt Betty. The box I plans arc at the Bristol. OPERA HOUSE More film was “ shot ” to produce “Wild Cargo,” a kinema log of Frank Buck’s adventures in the Asiatic wilds, than Hollywood uses in making an ordinary feature picture. More than 100,000 feet of film was used by the two cameramen who followed Buck. From this quantity was edited the exciting motion picture, “ Wild Cargo,” which will be screened to-day at the Opera House. “Wild Cargo” tells of Buck’s exploits in the jungles of Sumatra, Ceylon, India, and Malaya. It shows him in personal battle with snakes to save his own life on two occasions, capturing deadly tigers, panthers, and leopards alive, using strange devices to snare vicious animals, and adventuring amid the peril of the wild. This is a truly interesting entertainment , for juveniles and adults.