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CINEMA NEWS.
FILMS IN THE JUNGLE. SEA TRAINING OF NAVAL
CADETS.
THAT'S MY BABY."
NATIVE'S MARVELLOUS WONK WITH CANERA.
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MINESWEEPERS INSTEAD OF A BATTLESHIP.
"AMUSING COMEDY AT THE QUEEN'S.
CHASED BY LEOPARDS.
THE WEEK'S "PROGRAMMES.
[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.]
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All London is discussing the extraordinary photographs in During the next few weeks, says "Chang," a film takes in the heart the War and Military Record. of the jungle in Siam' by two the Carstaire and Forres will be young Americans.
cruising amongst Western porta dozen people risked and the Channel Islands with Nearly a their lives day and night for three parties of naval cadets on board. years to make the picture. They lived in the heart of the jungle hun These vessels are minesweepers of dreds of miles from the nearest 800 tons apiece which have been native village in constant fear of adapted to the requirements of death from cholera
or malaria,
from the bite of poisonous snakes their present work. But the ques-" or the savage attacks of any of the tion has been raised, and not un- great beasts of the jungle.
"That's My Baby is & light comedy with a good many really amusing situations. The story is a little thin and would have been better, we think, condensed as a curtain gaiser, but it is pleasant, light hearted stuff which leaves que no time to be bored. That's My Baby" and films off the same shell may not be very memorable, but they do make a restful interlude in a busy life. Douglas Maclean again cannot be said to rank among tlie great comedians; but, unlike them, he makes no demand upon your emotions, and there is ver. tainly a place for this unassuming
There is no question of built-up type of film to-day.
seta or faking in this extraordinary The Story of the arresponsible film. The two photographers were young connoisseur of ankies (Macnearly three years in the virgin lenn) the ferocious stockbroker and forest, and their only companions his charming heroine daughter, were the natives who appear in the rings true, despite ita farcicial picture. situatione, because it is a story as Stampede Of Elephants. old ne Cinderella." It has been told
Some of the secrets were disclos- by story tellers all the world overed to a newspaper representative. Paris, Mensiaus and Helen knew it When the father of the native before they enacted their version. family-Kru-is chased through the The heroine is played by Margaret jungle by a leopard, he finally has Morris whom we hope to see more of, and her father by Claude Gilling water who is an old friend and very amusing one..
THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES,
Queen's, To-day: "That's My Baby; To-morrow and Wednesday:The Blind Goddess, a mystery drama starring Esther Raiston, Thursday to Saturday: Gloria Swanson in
The Untamed Lady"
where Gloria gets engaged four times and finally meets ber Petruccio.
World.
A family of natives pursued reasonably we think, as to whether through the forest by two leopards such craft are really suitable to the second before purpose of sea training. In the which are shot reaching a little child; thirsting for blood, which chases a
tiger first place, what is meant by seal inan up a tree and remains furious training! The programme of the and growling below; a whole vil- Carstairs and the Forres shows a fage turned to match-wood under the stampede of enraged elephants round of visits to places only a few these are some of the pictures of hours' steaming apart. Of course, jungle life which were obtained al- regular shipboard routine, watch- most by a miracle.
keeping duties, and the like could be imparted without leaving, har- hour at all. If one of the ideas is to make the endets feel their sen legs this is likely to be pretty effes- tually realized on board such com- paratively small vessels during What are usually the two starmiest months of the year..
Formerly Large Ships Used. One is tempted to recall past
to climb up a tree to escape from views on the subject of the ara the animal's jaws. For several training of naval cadets as express- minutes the leopard remains belowed in the class of ships chosen for trying to reach him. During all the purpose. Before the war the this time, one of the best native "County" cruisers Cumberland "shots" was perched on the top and Cornwall were told off for this of another tree nearby aiming at duty, ships of 9,800 tons displace the leopard as it chased Krui. Hadment. In those days the cadets the animal got too near, it would went for blue water voyages, and immediately have been shot. Mean-consequently received sea training while, one of the photographers in the real signification of the term, was perched on yet another tree, and in a full-fledged warship en- taking photographs of the drama vironment. After the war the Ad- below.
miralty dedicated the battleship Thunderer to the work.
The stampede of the "elephants, which is another of the triumphs of the film, was photographed by a man entrenched in „a pit with his camera pointing upwards. Tolay Merton of the Moviespied the ground all round him, but
Hundreds of angry elephants tram at 5:15 and 9.20. Chinese picture at the other houses. To-inorrow and Wednesday: At the same hours
E above The Book Thursday to Saturday: Lon Chaney and Norme Shearer in He Who Geta Slapped," a circus story of very real pathos.
Star.
To-day: Jackie Coogan in "The Boy of Flanders." adapted from a Ouida, novel. Tomorrow and Wednesday: "The Dressmaker from Paris. a very charming and well acted film starring Leatrice Joy. Thursday to Saturday: Fala Negri in "The Spanish. Dancer,'' ́a historical play of the court of Philip IV.
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he escaped unhurt,
The change from a 23,000-ton ves- sel to an 800-ton craft seems so ex- treme that one rather wonders just bow it has been arrived at Is it able craft available for the pur that there are not other more auật-
pose? Or is it that the opinion In another part of the picture now held is that sea training dur- Kru is chased by two leopards.ing the present regime does not When the first is about 30 yards really matter much since the cadets. from him, he turns round and are bound to get plenty of it after sheets it dead. What would have passing out? happened had he missed his aun The Dartmouth Spirit. There was a pit between him and Such an iden seems rather a com- the leopard over which was stretch-promise with the sound principles ed a few green leaves and sprigs of training. We hear a good deal Red Kru missed his aim. he knew about the Dartmouth spirit," but the animal would fall into the pit. the sense of professionalism is Not satished with this feat. Kru scarcely likely to be fostered on the courted death even closer 180 some scald is a mincasceper as in ment later. He did not shoot the
a first-class pruiser or
capital ieopard's mate, but allowed it to ship. Indeed, sea training or pre- come nearer and 'nearer until it fell
sent lines almost suggests the into the pit just a few yards away notion of a process of elimination from him
than" of encouragement. A month in a miccsweeper in continuously dirty weather might well bring a" youngster to the conclusion that, the sea is a much over-rated profes-" sion.
No film has probably required more nervos and called for such sacrifice on the part of explorers. Experts consider that it is a unique picture of jungle life.
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