BRITISH FILMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1925, Page 3

BRITISH FILMS.

AUSTRALIAN COMPANY’S PICTURES. LONDON. Oct. 1. United Films, Limited, an Australian company, is doing a good work in producing mainly British and Colonial films. Further, it is the firm’s intention, to launch a 50 per cent Brit is I ', programme throughout the whole n! I lie Dominions and Colonies in 1026. A trade preseniat ini of pictures yesterday amply demonstrated that there is no need to go lo America lor an exi client programme of pictures. In the “.Mystic East” I lie product's have drawn upon India, which, so far, has been little exploited for the films. In this we see one of the highest waterfalls in the world during its dry season mildness. When the rainy season comes, however, D"‘ sight more nearly approaches that seen at Niagara. Ihe Temple of the .fains. 20! K l years old, is another Eastern picture of considerable interest. Once in fifteen years there is the great Sravana Beluga Pilgrimage. wh.cii many thousands ot the rich ami poor come', to pay their respects to their deity through the agency of an image 75H in height, carved out of the solid rock. Ihc main part of the ceremony appears to he the pouring of t lion-ami- ot gallons qf

wntor ovpr i l ’v isuaji**. 1 !u’ 'voter L'athemS into vessels ns it Mows trom tin 4 feet of tilt* imasre. nml theron 1 tor

is considered to have some mystic vnni,.. beds of gallons of mills are also poured down the gigantic image. Views of Holland Is another inleivsiing series. Those who are anxious to know tae ver.v latest in Paris fashions, or rather Paris fashions in advance, may see them displayed by the United films. The pictures are beautifully coloured, and the photographs are taken under the ideal conditions of a Parisian gard-

“Tho Language of the Hand” series bv means of which one may easily learn this methods of foretelling fortune ami fate, has proved a great success' in this country since it was first shown in August, and the company has decided in make two more senes dealing witli the line of marriage. “Paris Cabarets” is another senes which seems to have had a great success in this country. 'I hose slm.v w hat really happens inside some ot the famous places of amusement at Montemartre. Paris. Some other pictures which were not presented yesterday, but which will be released in due course are “Jewels of the East.’’ •'Man-Eat-ing Aboriginals,” and "The Land cl the Kangaroo.”