KING’S THEATRE.
“THE JUNGLE PRINCESS.” A romance in the tea t ol the Malayan juagh- lie tween a white man lost in the \ukl< rness and a girl who j bad never seen a white man before * is the stay of Paramount’s “The , .jungb* Princess,” which screens at * the King s Theatre to-night and to- j morrow at 7.45 p.m. Dorothy Lam- ; oar. whose golden voice has capti- j vated millions oil the radio, makes her film debut in this picture as the J child of the jungle w hose only j companion is a full-grown man-eat- I ing tiger and a giant chimpanze *. | Ray Milland plays the part <>i the j • xplorer in the Malay jungle who j is saved by tlie girl and then falls I in love with her. In keeping with tlu* primitive surroundings, the ' producers have included several ' animal battles as wel) as the charge j ol a herd of stampeding elephants and the destruction of a native vil- { lage by a horde of infuriated ; baboons. There is also a battle be- * tween the tiger and a man which is , calculated to keep audiences perched on the edges of their seats. An entertaining selection of short | subjects includes “Paramount- Pic- * torial,” “Betty Boop Cartoon,*’ ‘ Musical’’ and “Paramount N*ws.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13941, 23 August 1938, Page 5
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