OCTAGON THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25238, 29 May 1943, Page 6

OCTAGON THEATRE

EXCITING JUNGLE FILM Alexandre Korda’s technicolor film version of Rudyard Kipling’s famous "Jungle Book,” a romance of mystic India, commenced its second week’s screening at the Octagon Theatrf yesterday. The role of the wild Mowgli, who is half-boy and half-wolf, is taken by Sabu. All the savagery and mysteries of the Indian jungle are reproduced in this film—the ferocious beasts each play a part as important and impressive as Sabu’s, and the scenes of the uncivilised wilderness and the villages form an exotic and spectacular background. An unusual feature of the film is the natural manner in which Mowgli’s jungle mates converse with their two-footed friend, aiding him in his host of adventures with the accomplished sureness of born actors. As the film progresses the audience becomes accustomed to hearing Mowgli accept philosophical advice from an aged serpent. Also on the programme is “Inside Nazi Japan,” which gives some idea of the true conditions existing in the Japanese Empire. Box plans are at the theatre and at Begg's.