“GULLIVER’S TRAVELS”

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 187, 4 May 1940, Page 18

“GULLIVER’S TRAVELS”

Painting Competition Winners Extra Prizes Awarded

JJELLO, Everyone! J/ last the big task of judging the hundreds of entries for the “Gulliver’s Travels” colouring competition has been cqmpleted.'and here are the names of those who have won the prizes offered by the Regent Theatre, Wellington, and Paramount Pictures. Here are the winners!

The First Prize of two guineas goes to Miss Thelma de Vries, 61 Endeavour Street, Kifbirnie, Wellington.

Four Prizes of 10/6 each have been awarded to four other outstanding entries from

Miss Audrey Whittington, Bank of N.Z., Woodville. Miss Ngaire Jacobsen, Benzie Avenue, Upper Hutt. Miss Gloria McDonagh, 44 Copeland Street, Lower Hutt Miss Marjorie Harradine, Burgess Road, Johnsonville. Passes to see the film of "Gulliver's Travels" ot the Regent Theatre, Wellington, have been sent to the following:— Miss Jean Broadhead, 120 Cecil Road, Wellington. Miss Naida Evans, 5 Epuni Street, Lower Hutt. Miss June Climo, 9 Calabar Road, Rongotai, Wellington. Miss Audrey Gibson, 7 Oban Crescent, Wadestown. Master Bruce Young, 26b Murphy Street, Thorndon. Miss Shirley Reinhardt, 162 a Riddiford Street, Newtown. Passes to see the film of Gulliver at their local theatres hove been awarded to Miss Oriel Brisco, "Maungahina," Te Ore Ore, Masterton. Miss Gwen Bradley, 18 Ladyes Mile, Foxton. Miss Betty McDonald, 112 Broadway, Marton. Miss Gwen Reid, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown. Miss Marjorie Smith, 14 Kent Road, St. John's Hill, Wanganui. Miss Daphne Eilers, King Street, Pahiatua. Miss Rae Buck, Underhill Road, Featherston. Miss Peggy Cotton, "Fairfield," Martinborough. Miss Frances Hendry, 607 Charles Street, Hastings. Miss I. Tonkin, 7 Cornell Street, Napier. Miss Nanette Broom, 3 Vogel Street, Gisborne. / Master Cyril Herco, 374 High Street, Carterton.

You can see that the list of prizes is much longer than zvas originally announced, but the result of the competition was so good that the management of the Regent Theatre offered another two guineas io add to that awarded by Paramount Pictures. Thus another four prizes of 10/6 each have been allotted. Additions have also been made to the list of free passes, so that out-of -Wellington entrants zvho sent good paintings of the scenes from “Gulliver’s Travels” have passes to see the film when it comes to their local theatres. The sets of paintings are on display in Wellington now. The main prizewinning entries will be on show from this morninc/ in the entrance foyer of the Regent Theatre, where the film of “Gulliver’s Travels” has just opened. More entries are displayed on tzvo notice-boards on either side of the staircase in the' theatre. It is holiday time now, so even out-of-town competitors should be able to see their paintings on display when they pay a visit to Wellington. The display will probably remain at the Regent Theatre till the end of the film’s season, so entrants who want paintings returned should not zvorry if the» are somewhat delayed. There is a whisper, too, that some of the ztrinning entries may go to other centres for display, for some of the sets of paintings, as you will see, are really beautiful.

I zvent along to the opening showing of “Gulliver’s Travels" the other day. and I really think that the author of the book. Dean Swift himself, could not have been more pleased zvith the film. All the favourite characters are there—Gabby and Sneak and Snitch and Snoop, the Kings of the rival lands and all — and the zuholc film is in such, zvonderful' colour that the tiny people of Lilliput and their quaint land arc even more fascinating than in the book. Go along and see it for your- -rC . /