AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 20 March 1929, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

A NOTABLE PICTURE 4 < ‘ UNCLE TOM’S CABIN” AT THE. COSY < . -i 4 "Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which openedi. last, night at the Cosy Theatre, is a . wall-made, moving and generally interesting film. Skill has been put in- < td its cinema construction. They have ; left us the story of ’Liza, her husband, Harris, the rascally Lawyer Marks, the i villainous Simon Legree, the altruistic < Shelbys, poor old Uncle Tom, Topsy,: Eva and the final happiness. Picture people, t above all others, know the value of humanity in their films they know that lovable characters able to arouse the sympathy of an audience is worth more than cold, frigid folk in high places. The skin of Uncle Tom may be as black as the ace of spades, but Uncle Tom has a heart of golfi"Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is the picture upon which Universal Pictures Corporation has been lavishing time and great sum of money for the past two years. Month after month passed before the river conditions were right for Liza tTi cross the ice, but when it was secured a good job was done. Liza is seen bearing her baby Harfy, leaping from one cake of ice to another, the bloodhounds of her .pursuers hot on. the trail, while on the far Ohio shore (the flight, you must recall, was from "Ole, Kamituck” over, to Ohio—from a State into a free State) —the helpful Quaker, Phineas Fletcher, waited to ’end assistance.

Then there is the story of the Shelbys, kind slave owners who were fore ed by money troubles to sell Uncle Tom, most faithful of the slaves, down the river to the slave market at New Orleans. On the river boat, as it churned its way down the muddy Mistislppi, Uncle Tom sat in his chains, cheered up by a sight of that angelic Missz Eva St. Clare, an only child, whose desire was law with her adoring father—-she wants Uncle Tom and he bought for her. Here the Topsy episodes follow; those episodes wherein the devclish Topsy sfealls from the puritanical Miss Feely, steals and is caught in the act.

One of the best performances in the film is given by a Negro actor, James T. Lowe. He is a tall, upstanding fellow, strong of face and gentle in his demeanour. Margarita Fischer is Lf?a, skillful in meeting emotional requirements. Arthur Edmund Carew is the George Hams, her husband, a splendid actor never quite as famous as he should be if fame went in ratio to- good wor lv . "Uncle Tom’s Cabin” iseems a sincere effort. It is a well-made film and its biggest moment, the escape over the ice, amazed and thrilled the large audience. A thoroughly enjoyable entertainment sure to please every member of the family.