UNUSUAL PICTURE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 757, 10 May 1933, Page 3

UNUSUAL PICTURE.

“In the Wake of the Bounty” for Crystal.

“Money Means Nothing," the fine British comedy featuring Gibb M'Laughlin, will be shown finally at the Crystal Palace Theatre on Friday night. "In the Wake of the Bounty,” the outstanding Australian production which will be presented at the Crystal Palace Theatre on Saturday, is said to contain some exquisite views of the South Seas. The picture vividly depicts the glamour of irresponsible old Tahiti, its beauty, its thrilling dances, its quality of enchantment; with the drama of the Mutiny of the Bounty just suggested sufficiently to make real Blight, the unfortunate commander, and Fletcher Christian, the misguided leader of the mutineers. " In the Wake of the Bounty,” which is an extraordinary departure from the accepted travel picture, was a year in the making. To film the correct backgiound and atmosphere of this most romantic and tragic saga of the seas entailed trips by Charles Chauvel (who produced the picture) and his camera staff, to Tahiti, to the Island de Moorea, to the Teturoa atolls, and then to lonely Pitcairn Island. A beautiful beach in the historic district of Faa was rented, with palm groves and coral reefs complete, and it was here that the scenes of olden days, when the names of Wallis, Cook, Bougainville and Bligh were synonymous with this exotic isle beneath the sun, were made to live again. The arrival at Pitcairn was made in open boats during a storm, where it seemed that the party would have to battle with the seas all through the night without any covering from the elements and with the possibility of being lost at sea. The stumer which was to call for the Chauvels at Pi-cairn never arrived and an extra month of anxious waiting was spent in this isolation with never a sound from the outside world. Box plans at The Bristol.