AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

* EVERYBODY*"PICTURES

TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY)

All the gliim6ur :c bfc, war, all the feverishn/dss of it, all the human anguish ore brought to the screen in black and white and in sound at the .Princess'; Theatre'' with the showing of “The Sfful of France,” Jacques Haik’s magnificent speetaciethrilier. “The perhaps the docuhient ever imprinted oh Celluloid—for it is. a true record of the trials and courage of the entire French nation, the nation which suffered most, in its time |of greatest : tragedy and woe. It is too gigantioc aj production for mere dialogue recording, ,but it has been equipped with a splendid, thoroughly effective soffnu Score by the musical staff of fffiiWwnount, the releasing company fdtSlthe '. film. The plot is a simple one. It deals with the fortunes of a-father and mothei and, three sops—a family, all of whom have^vroil-'parts : to play in the great test of national courage. The favourite .son is /'fijrst to die. His scapegoat, brother carries on and becomes a hero. .Tile' *f and the younger sou volunteer when replacements are badly lisedediT Meanwhile the mother sees one After Another o her loved ones leaving the provincial homestead and her heart is laden with grief. The tenor of the story is that war is reprehensible and the lesson is that there should never be another war. Mme. Jalaber as the war mother gives oneof ’ the-’mSst- realistic and emotion-stirring characterisations this reviewer has seen in many a long year.- The scenes which the actual battle Mt. Corbillet, the Marne and other places are. shown are real and stirring, because they are authentic. . The musical score completes the appeal to the aural sensds which of course would be missing if the filmf were -shown silent. Good supporting.grpgi*amme.; Prieto; Circle 2s ; . Stalls Is dd; children under. 12, 6d. TSijfß}--, . The Above ibe - repeated on Thursday evenin