AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 5 August 1921, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

PARAMOUNT H. Kntbbs, whose production is now 'showing at the Paramount, has invested that wandering ministrci of the Arizona ranch country with all the humanity and sympathy the author breathed into liis character. Harry Carey’s “Overland Red,” st will be i. membered, was also an 11. 11. Knibbs story. “Sundown Slim” is a. unique character and one well immortalized on the silversheet. His adventures when he - busts” right into a fight bet ween rival camps of cow and sheep men, the events that lead him to buck lip and become a real “killer” as well as a ranch owner in his own right, and tho other occurcnces that round out the tale and serve to make it a eancl.date for consideration as one of the classics of the ranch country, may bo seen in the picture. THE COSY. Mutiny on the high seas,.as depicted by the master pen of the late Jack London is the attraction at the Cosy , Theatre, where the “Mutiny of the Elsinore” is showing. This big production with an all-star cast pre- ■ scuts the London novel in all tho grim power of its conception. The story is one of thrilling suspense and > rife with situations that make the nerves tingle with the excitement of impending danger. Written by the master hand of the late Jack London, the novel from which the picture is ta'ken constitutes one of the author’s most celebrated works. Supporting Mitchell Lewis in the role of John Pike are Helen Ferguson, Noah Berry, and Casson Ferguson. The current episode of the “Diamond Queen” serial and other films complete an excellent programme which screens finally to-night. OPERA HOUSE. “THROUGH JUNGLE WILDS.’’ As was to be expected large crowds attended the opening session in the afternoon and again last night to hear the famous explorer- and hunter Harry K. Eustace, give his lecture and show the remarkable film “Through Jungle Wilds.” The pictures were photographed by Mr Eustace on a return trip he made to the Congo and West Africa just before the outbreak of war in 1914. ’ His 27 years of experience as a hunter then stood him in good stead, as he knew just where and how to satisfy his requirements, and he was in a position to take his wife and daughter with him. The films deni almost entirely with animal and bird life, but the backgrounds give one a very clear conception of the nature of the country traversed. None of the pictures are intended to have any value in scenic effects, excepting only a short series depicting the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River. Mrs Eustace very frequently was the operator of the kinematograph machine, though sometimes it was entrusted to a native boy ; and in times when extreme caution and care were required Mt Eustace took the handle himself. Many thousands of feet of films of the greatest interest were lost in German West Africa after tile outbreak of war, but what is left includes adventures with almost every wild animal found in the jungle—hippopotami, lions, tigers, elephants, alligators, leopards, gorillas, and snakes. How these wild animals were killed, and his experiences when face to face with them in their natural state, are shown actually taken with the camera at the decisive moment. The truthfulness of the narrative cannot be questioned. Mr Eustace stated in the course of an interview in Australia : “Every film that I show was taken with my own camera, and all the films are moving pictures. The lecturer personally appears in a greatdeal of the film, and he is shown in actual pursuit of game. He explains the. various incidents shown, and also refers to differences of species in a way that shows he is thoroughly conversant with this aspect. Altogether the lecture is worth going a very long way to hear, and a successful season for Mr Eustace seems assured. This excellent entertainment will be given again this afternoon and evening.