AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

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Amazement, surprise, disbelief in one’s own eves—these are some of the emotions aroused by “The Lost World” which opened at the Princess Theatre last night. The picture makers have long promised “ something really new —a second 1 Birth of a Nation ’—a photoplay that will start a new chapter in film history.” “ The Lost World ” comes nearest to living up in these protases of any picture we have seen in a long time. School text hooks say that the last of the dinosaurs became extinct at least 10.000,000 years ago. Yet on the picture screen these fearsome creatures of the Reptilian Age actually come to life—with a reality that makes one tremble for the safety of liessie Love, Lewis Stone. Wallace Berry, Lloyd Hughes and the other film adventurers who find the huge creatures still alive in an unexplored area of South America. The amazement that these reptiles instill is equalled only hv the curiosity as to bow First National and Wntterson B. Rot hacker, the producers, were able to do it. This picture might he described as the one photoplay of universal appeal. Kverv class of movie patron will find a super-thrill in it. For those who like romance we have Lewis Stone and Lloyd Hughes struggling for the heart of Bessie Love, and at the same time trying to prevent her from being gobbled up by hungry man-eating dinosaurs, For those who hanker for adventure the picture offers the hunting episode where Stone, Berry, and Hughes attempt to hag a 150,000-pound monster that doesn’t mind elephant guns any more than bean-shooters. For the serious-minded student we have a piclurization of the earth just ns jialeoilti,lnsists say it was millions of years before the first man, For those who like speelatcles this movie contains what might he termed the most spectacular event the earth lias seen in 15,000,000 years. A volcano sets lire to a forest representing thousands of acres. Scores of prehistoric monsters, such as the brontosaurus, tricoratop, traehodon, diplodeus, allosaurus and megalosaurus flee into an immense lake, while the human actors try to keep out of their paths. The producers sav it took over seven years to produce this motion picture. That is not surprising. This great special will be shown again to-night. On Friday Baby Peggy in “ Captain January.”