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"Bring 'Em Back Alive"

An Amazing Film

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BUCK'S BIG ADVENTURE

No film made during the cur, and impediments across the At

the Mediterranean, rent season has caused more sen-lantic, over sation and more controversy through the Suez Canal and on that Frank Buck's mighty jun-eastward to Singapore.

gle drama, "Bring 'Em Back Within one month of the lun- Alive." To date it has been the cheon, the party, consisting of

film.

greatest box office success of the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buck, Clyde the result of well-laid plans. But year. Millions of people, young E. Elliott, the director: Nicholas not even the most placable ele- and old, all over the world. Cavalier and Carl Berger, camera-phant will dessert one of its off- have thrilled to this amazing men, sailed on the "Staatendam." spring to provide any motion pic

Nothing like it has ever· Take Precautions.

ture audiences with "elephant in- been brought to the screen, and London, Paris, Marseilles and terest." The elephants passed that every foot of the film is ab- Singapore were on the itinerary on and were photographed, and solutely authentic and filmed in In Singapore, Mr. Buck was met the baby pachyderm would have the jungles of Malaya, under na- by Ali, a boy who had accompan- been overlooked had he not sud- tural conditions, makes it vastly ied him on many previous expe- denly discovered that he was different to other jungle tales. ditions, and they were joined by alone. Then he set up a bowl No matter how many of these Matt, Delmie, Ahmad and Samie, which attracted Buck's attention, films one has seen before, one who aleo were members of past and that part of the picture was must see "BRING 'EM BACK expeditions. After paying their

quickly added to the film. ALIVE" to appreciate its great-respects to the various consuls,

Fearful Fight, ness. For over 20 years, Frank the expedition got under way;

Several other "lucky breaks" | Buck has been a collector of wild first by a small steamer, than by found their way into celluloid. animals and has been supplying wagon, then by dugout canoes. It had been beyond the most zoos in various countries. He until finally they set up camp. has passed through Hong Kong The site of the camp was deter optimistic plans of Mr. Back to include a camera account of a on several occasions, and there mined by conversations at the fight between the crushing-jawed are no doubt many local shipping bazaars. At one bazaar, more crocodile and the black panther. firms that remember him and the than a hundred miles inland, and As a matter of fact it was hard many strange cargoes that he has at least half that distance in to understand how a panther, the boys spoke usually crafty as well as exceed- offered. It is only fitting now semi-jungle, that, after years of hard work in with a Sakal who had seen ingly pugnacious, could be so his dangerous calling, he should great python: At another bastupid as to Investigate a "croc." be able to amaze the whole world zaar it was apparent that a man-

Then there was a fight to a with the sound-film record of his eating tiger was on the rampage. finish between the crocodile and

At this bazaar, too, it was learn the python. greatest adventure.

Buck had planned It was in the latter part ofled the comparatively rare black

only to get shots of the python 1930 that Buck decided to make panther likewise had been seen and the tiger, if possible, but at a film. It was decided at a lun- Wire netting was placed on all the water-hole where cameras cheon in New York. Two men windows in the expedition's jun- had been set and hidden in the were at the table. One was Ame- gle headquarters, mainly as dee J. Van Beuren, president of warning signal. An animal trees, the python met the "croc" and a battle royal took place. It the Van Beuren Corporation; the which scratches wire netting was just at this period that the other was Frank Buck himself. makes a noise that is guaranteed tiger came into the picture. He There had been dickering for to waken an alert slecper. For had heard all the commotion and several weeks between the two protection against large animals, he was naturally curious. Wari- For ly, he peered through the under- Buck had more than 20 years' the boys built a stockade. experience as a collector of five protection against snakes there wild animals but had only limit is only prayer. When night came, growth and saw the python do- ed film experience, that which double-barralled 18 guage shoting away with the crocodile. meets the ship news cameraman. members of the party for protec for he had been stalked the entiro to every explorer who guns were distributed among the However, at this stage he was more concerned with his thirst, He was not so sure that Mr. Van tion against animals. A short day by the native safari, led by

comes

a

Frank Buck, in the baking gun. After the tiger had satiated} his thirst, he was loath to leave the waterhole. Buck was certain from past experience that the tiger would pick a fight with the python and immediately signalled] to his cameramen hidden in the trees to get ready. The python| was recuperating from the rigors of the fight with the "croc" in the shade of a tree, when the king of the jungle loomed in its present

..

Python "Attacked. Suddenly and swiftly the tiger lunged at the python and caught it by the jaw in an effort to bite: its head off. The tiger had evid- ently fought pythons before, as he skilfully manoeuvred to keep at a distance from the snake's deadly colls, and yet he clings

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