THE END OF THE WORLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 192, 15 August 1931, Page 18 (Supplement)

THE END OF THE WORLD

STRIKING TRENCH FILM. A film, ‘*lll6 End of the World,' was recently shown in Paris. Reviewing it, the correspondent of the Morn- • trig Bust says the earth is to be des troyed by collision with a comet which is dashing toward it through space. “The date of the catastrophe has been predicted by an astronomer. The publication of *he news in the papers has the effect of stopping a world-wide war, as the inhabitants of the globe suddenly learn that they have oniy I’4 days to*live. The ensuing panic alarms the Government, who order the arrest of the astronomer. “The appearance of the comet in the sky, however, convinces the world that the prophecy is correct. Wild scenes occur as people realise that the end of .all is approaching. The proximity of The comet, which can now be seen plainly travelling toward the earth, begins to be felt. A great wind sweeps over land and s«'a, the sun is partly hidden by immense black clouds, and the earth is wrapped in an ominous yellow light. “Volcanoes burst into activity and strange rumblings are heard underground. The cities and villages are evacuated as the inhabitants ily like stricken animals. The last day irrr e». “The comet now' looms close. The world is shaken with universal disturoance. A continual shower of flame falls on the earth, and the sea is rent with cataclysmic upheavals. Forests are torn down, the earth quakes, buildings collapse, burying whole communities. Amid the horror of destruction a packed audience of scientists frenziedly

applaud the astronomer. The hall topples down, burying a thousand of the world’s greatest savants. “In the country the animals stain- j pede madly. Nature and civilisation | are annihilated. Nothing is left of his- j tory but the traces of its grandeur. The world only awaits the final blow, j when suddenly the wind drops, the sun ’ reappears, calm returns, the waves die 1 down. The sole survivor surveys the ■ ruins. Can it l»e true? Yes, the eouu-t I has missed us by inches! 77 Eleanor Buar-iman left a position as! an interior decorator in New York to; enter motion pictures. British and Dominions Film Corporation have contracted with Tom Walls lor the entire Aldwych Theatre farces, including “Thark.” “A Cuckoo in rhe Nest,” “ \ Night Like This, 77 “A Cup of Kindness” and the new Ben Travers play 44 Turkey Time. 77 Jeannette Ala-.-Donald’s marriage to | Kvberr Ritchie, a New York stock-; broker, has been postponed indefinitely. ; Air Ritchie stated that the ceremony] had been put off a number of times be-j cause Jeannette was too busy; now he ; was too busy. “During the run of the stage play’ “Tuna of Money. ’’ several years ago. many of Mary Brough’s relations and I friends received knitted gifts that she; had made un the in the play, and when they were preparii g to make the film, she thought she would do the same ■ i again. Everything was ready fur her: to start, she had even studied a pattern of a dressing jacket that she intended 1 to make for one of her nieces, when Ralph Lynn, arrived at the studio with 1 a slight cough, immediately decided that she would make him a warm scarf, the silk one he wore being quite inadequate protection against fogs. ’ That is actually what she made during the making of the picture. Mary says s that she does not know what would : happen to the Aldwych players if she 1 was not there to look after them. They » all agree.