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THE WINDJAMMER ON A TALKIE.

ROUNDING THE HORN.

THE FILM CRITIC'S AND A SAILOR'S IMPRESSIONS.

British Instructional Filma in London last month showed the film that has been made out of the shota" by A. J. Villiers and the Jate Ronald Walker, two Australiza journalists, who shipped before the mast in the Finnish Grace Hawar, the last of the full-rigged Cape Horn wind-jammers. But it is a disappointing film, because, despite agnificout. Bea-svapes, the een is not made the centre of the film. In an effort to give the film a story,

fo'c'ale scenes have been fitted into

it.

Thear scenes tell the story of the actual voyage, on which Villiers' companion was killed, but they lack dramatic significance and seem to interrupt the voyage. A young man ships on board the windjammer, which is voyaging to England from Australia by way of Cape Horn. He is a bad sailor, but his mando line wins bim some popularity. Then in a fight over a girl's photo graph he wounds a man's hand, And when that man is ordered aloft to attend to a gasket on the fore- topgallant yard, he takes his place, falls, and is buried at sen.

Missing Links.

There is very little feeling of criticise. One man walked forward men's reactions to the sea, even to leeward during a galo when she though a disproportionate amount was shipping water. We were dis- of footage is given to the 'erew, be appointed he didn't get washed into cause this footage contains little the lee scuppers as he deserved to that is significant. The drama of be. No scanian walks to leeward the young man trying to work his in heavy weather, always to wind- way home is not dramatic enough ward. I would have liked to have to stand by itself, and for the rest seen them Asking for and watching there is only a series of splendid a few. Bonitas or Albecure from the but separate ech scones which one, jibboom, using the grains or har wishes could have been put to a poon from the barking when they sharper use-if they could not have were hungry. They might even been left to themselves A. P. have caught the shark we Herbert wrote the dialogue and alongside (which, by the way, look- Hermann Lohr the music. The parted very like a grampus to me). I've of the hero was acted by Tony eaten shark steaks myself in the Bruce, who has an unfortunate doldrums. voice. The film has an "A" certi Geate.

How the Seaman Saw It.

The film being the first real re-j cord of a sailing ship on a long voyage, and perhaps the last that would be taken under such condi- sailer has given his im tions, pressions of how it seemed to one who had. been through it

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I saw the ship Grace Hawar in Newcastle, N.S.W, in 1807 or 1508, She was then loading coal for Iqui- The ship dock, the voyage. in que. To-day I saw her homeward over and we have had no sense of hound from Wallares off the Horn, having rounded Oape Horn at all, in the doldrums and tied up to the because that event, which should-wharf at London, all from a com-1 have heca the pivot of the film, is announced only by excerpts from the hero's diary. As this hero is entirely uninteresting, the submer gence of the sea interest before the would-be dramatic is particularly unfortunate. Suchacones of the

fartable armchair seat in the New Gallery Kinema. With me was an ancient shipmaster who had first rounded the Horn in 1874.

Beamen's Superstitions.

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The seamen's superstitions were marked and well shown but I didn't see anyone kick the boy for whist ling, and, alus, there was no black eat. My old friend and I enjoyed every minute of it. The real pio ture was much too short for us, but the picture wasn't made for sailore. Y

counted at least twelve shipmas- ters present, some who had swal lowed the nachor and some who still followed the sea. My old friend remarked as we left, That picture will send a few boys to sea.".

We didn't see enough of the cap. ain, who gave the real atmosphere to the picture. He seemed distress- ed when he showed us the chart with three days' backing and filling in the doldrums. He was lucky. I've spent sixteen days backing and A Safior's Comments.

filling in three latitudes before get The picture was a true picture ting the N.E. trades. The burial sea and of the ship na we are allow | rendering p! ‚n voyage round the scene was impressive. It was a real ed to ace are magnificent, but they Horn without the added interest of burial at sea, I believe. The flag urs interrupted so often by a series ( a plot and story, which we thought at half-mast was not the British of scenes depicting fan in the was quite unnecessary. But then fag, nor was the one covering the To'c'sle that there is very little we, were both sailors, and nothing hier. We heard the service read by sense of the voyage as a whole, and could have made sailors out of the the captain-a simple and short one none whatever of the labour in- nctors, in our eyes. We were bound as I have beard it read more volved.

to be critical, but found little to i than once.

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To-day.

(October 23.) Queen's Theatre: "It's A Great

Life,"

World Theatre: "Madonna of Avenue A.

Star Theatre; "Noah's Ark." Central Theatre:"Tanned Logs." Majestic Theatre: Lilac Time." Orchestral Coneert, Helena May Institate, 5.30 p.m.

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World Theatre: "Madonna of Avenue A,"

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Star Theatro: "Noah's Ark." Central Theatre: "Tannod Lega.' Football: Div. Navy. Majestic Theatre: "Lilas Time."Chinese, Club v. Argylla, Somerts Lecture by Mr. A. C. Braine-2, 8. China, Police . St. Joseph's, Hartoel on "Dr. Johnson," at the Kowloon. Recroio. 2nd Div.: University, 8.30 p.m.

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Saturday. (October 25,) Queen's Theatre:: It's A Great Life."

World Theatre:Madonna of Avonue A.

Star Theatra:, "Noah's Ark." Cantral Theatre: "Tanned Logs." Majestic Theatre: "Lilac Time." 9th Extra Race Meeting, Happy Valley.

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