DOMINION’S FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17833, 29 April 1926, Page 7

DOMINION’S FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE.

“ GLORIOUS NEW ZEALAND ” —MONDAY, AT THE LIBERTY.

On Monday* next the first screening of the Dominion’s first national pic- * turc, "Glorious Xew Zealand,” will take place at the Liberty Theatre. This marks a new era in the country’s development, it is an artistic achievement which will place New Zealand before the world and, what is more important still, will enable the citizens of this lair land to know their own country first. Wherever this picture has been shown, the public have showered enthusiastic praise upon it. Wonders are unfolded that in their sheer beauty might be increduously turned aside as botanical impossibilities, yet these marvels of lakes and mountains, thermal regions and glaciers are all crowded into the comparatively small space of the North and South Islands. One is taken on a comprehensive tour, which extends from the tropic strands of coral-girted Samoa to the frozen wastes of Rossland; over on the Alps through the winter sports: up to Russell, in the Bay of Islands, where the .American novelist, Zane Grey, is seen playing the giant swordfish; down to Stewart Island, with its undisturbed panoramas; through the unexplored Ureweru country, in parts of which the Pakeha has not yet been; through all these scenes of our country “Glorious New Zealand” takes one, until all its beauty, its majesty, is indelibly impressed upon the memory. Sir James Parr said that “the Dominion was destined to become the most popular tourist resort in the world,” and when this magnificent scenic film is shown to the thousands in other parts, then surely the pleasure-seekers will hasten to see for themselves the splendours, and marvels of “God’s Own Country.” It is more than a travelogue, more than an educational picture, for intense interest is present in every foot, and a romantic appeal is not lost when one is shown the old sites of battles in the Maori Wars of the sixties. The Prime Minister and the lion T. M. Wilford and many distinguished members of Parliament have expressed their appreciation and admiration of “Glorious New Zealand,” and the public in other parts of the Dominion have been equally quick to note the intrinsic value and entertainment aspect of the fine picture. The box plans open at the Bristol Piano Company to-day.