AMUSEMENTS. MEETINGS &c.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7566, 9 May 1919, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS. MEETINGS &c.

EVERYBODY'S

JUNE CAPRICE AS "MISS U.S.A.-

William Fox's photo-play, "Miss U.S.A..'' with June Caprice as the star, was enthusiastically received last night at Everybody's, where it began a three days' run. It is a play which gives the "Sunshine Maid" an opportunity tor strenuous acting. The big action begins soon after the United States 'ie. ciares war on Germany, and Capitola, Juno Caprice, does her " bit" by uncovering traitors who are acting es spies fo • th« enemy. A most interesting lovo story is intertwned.

GRAND THEATRE

"You Can't Believe Everything" if :i Triangle oroduction cf superb beauty and novelty now showing at Th» Grand. Did you ever hear of a " Neptune's* Banquet?" If you have not you- have something in store for you when you view this unique spectacle in this picture. A banquet tabJe "s eet on a barge and music is furnished h ?a, floating orchestra on another and smaller barge Ok the main float a bevy of beautiful girls and society matrons, together with their escorts, uil gttired in wonderful bathing suits make merry. Gloria Swanson wea.s no l^ss ta.rin fourteen superb costumes in this pi 13 and performs a sensational dive. "You Can't Believe Everything 'to a society drama which poVtr::vs the evil efforts or slanderers !.t /uin the reputation of a pure and innocent girl. . The suppotnng films are "The House of Hate" (No. 2), and "Gaumont Graphic."

HIS MAJESTY'S

"TO HIM THAT HATH."

The World feature "To Him that Hath " now screening at His Majesty's, gives Montagu Love one of the. best opportunities for the display of his relents that he has ever bad, and, needless to say, he makes the very best possibJ.? uso of these opportunities. The ewndin-r isa happy one. and the love theme throughout is convincing. The part suits the strong personality of Montagu Love to perfection, and forms nnothcr triumph for this popular actor. Simporting subjects include the Topical Budget .and'an excellent educational film. -

WILD ANIMALS AT LARGE.

IN BIG FILM SENSATION.

HOW "TARZAN.OF TTTE APES"

WAS PRODUCED

To what len'sths motion picture produoet's will cro .to-get "proper atmojiphere, detail, and local rolonr will lie demon- ! Crater] when "Tar^n of the Apes," moot a'nassi'ne of all motion'picture ; I novelties, is presented at His Majes- i -t."'s Tboatr./ on Tuesday evening r»vt..- \ Th» Nntionnl Film Corr>6'-ation. whiclr j j made' th*» pr<vlnction. t::nk a . con^sitty "omposerl of twenty nrincinals. dh'"f- j \ioiy. enmora men. and a ?roiv^ of ft'vk* rviil^prs to thf> sAmnyoh, distri^h ] of Brp^M. and theno +n the interior-of tl;e. Brazilian ' fnnH^R trheje two rnontlis wpre spent .makinsr the ecenJp for ihp story. ;■ ~ * Riy Hon*, four ficr^rß jjw' a thiwK« of nnnHiers, y?M hop^s." t\r\A ol«nhotij-.e were tvpne^nrte^ to thp .■^rfwsfifhn wi'^» for lisp in the -m'ctnre.1 Fo^ir lions w<»rp k'TWI before the ranter?*, and .•> .ni'irnV?" of other wi'd animals slnin. Over two" thousand natives were enaagfd, assembjled at Mamies, transpprted inland, and rehearsed for three .Weeks before the scenes typifying canni'oal action were >: staged, v Ai the natives spoke'nothing but a Portuguese patois, a number of interpreters were kept constantly on the scene, busiJy 'engaged m conveying the directors' wishes. During the ten weeks the company stayed in Brazil, over 200 snakes were killed, 15 serious accidents happened to the players in the company, and throe fires occurred. A cannibal village covering three acres of ground was built and' burned to the grouni during the action of the play, and rebuilt from another angle, and again burned down when Tarzan, at the head of a group of elephants, ranged through the village to avenge the death of his ape mother. Three hunttrwed thatched-roofed huts were buiit each time. Fifty-two aerial acrobats ■.vere engaged and taken to the jungles, and ape-suits built to their measure by tailors. Box plans for the thr«e nights' season are now open at Upton's Music-Warehouse, the Avenue.