TOWN HALL PICTURES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 2607, 8 April 1926, Page 4

TOWN HALL PICTURES

‘ ‘ WONDERFUL LONDON. ’' j. FRIDAY, SATI/rDAY AND | matinee. 'W/' Mr Ghihanp Wilcox. the produce!’ of “Wonderful London,” may be ter|iecf' a wizard,/for lie has imbued this | remarkable picture with the very spirit of” the great city. The quality, magnitude and artistic treatment of the subject. place this great feature in a class ,by itself. The producer has adopted many novel methods of introducing “atmosphere.” Imagine the characters of Dickens on a motor-bus, with Pickwick aty the wheel, conveying Grandfather. Little Noll, David Copperfield, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and Quilp on a trip to Wembley! ApqChov novelty in the matter of treatment is t o place, the audience in the hands of a London bus-driver of the old school, a man who knows London, as few other do, and who pilots his bus and the audience into all sorts of put-qMhe-waY places that hold'a tremendous interest. All the glamour, all the charm, all the wonderful atmosphere of London have been caught bv the camera and held,* all that makes London all that it is, and all that it means to British people all over the world is there, and is'palpable. There is conveyed in some euii-j ning manner all that little multitude of little and great things that go to make London to the Briton everywhere the most wonderful city in the world. It is one of the outstanding triumphs of a groat picture that it has been able to do this. The spirit of the great city, the magic of . its ! great and all the thrall of its imilti-tongued' history arc somehow there in the theatre. That has never been achieved beijfore in any picture that pretended- to do what this picture does,, and it is one of the many reasons why “Wonderful London” is a wonderful picture. This great picture will be screened at the Town Hall to-morrow and Saturday'night, and at a matinee on Bait* unlay afternoon. ' Intending patrons are advised "to book their seats at the* Triangle, where the box plans for the. season are now opt v n. ... •