DOWN THE GANGWAY

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 4 May 1925, Page 10

DOWN THE GANGWAY

' tom MIX'S SPECTACULAR ARRIVAL. '! ■ ■ ,/■; SOUTHAMPTON CHEERS. LONDON, April 15. - Amid cheers from film fans on the Wharf at Southampton, Tom Mix, who arrived i>y the Aquitania, rode his horse Tony down the gangway. He was rapturously welcomed on his arrival in London, and drove his own motor car to his hotel. Tom Mix stated later that his biggest immediate plan was to go to Australia in the spring, accompanied by Tony, for the purpose of making a spectacular film featuring station life. It would be a complete change from American scenery, and should be accepiable throughout the world. Probably it would herald film-mak-ing in Australia on a large scale. The light anc. other conditions were perfect, and only capital and expert production were required to establish the industry. Nobody possessing any imagination had attempted to produce films in Australia. S.O.S. CALL. FROM BRITISH FILMS. • LOUDON, April 15. The political correspondent of The Times says that there is grave anxiety about the condition of the British film industry, and it is proposed to ask the Government to appoint a committee, to inquire into tho causes of the present depression, and to recommend the best means for reestablishing the industry, in view of the industrial, commercial, educational, and Imperial interests involved. Representatives of the industry say that unless immediate action is taken there will, be no industry left to save. AUSTRALIAN BUSH SCENES. MIX WANTS TO FILM THEM. LONDON, April 16. Tom Mix, the well-known American cowboy film actor, who is now in London, stated to-day that he would visit Australia, probably within a year, taking with him a company of seventy persons and many horses. “I waiit to film cattle and scenes in tho bush, typical of Australian station lie©,” he said. “I have read stories of Ned Kelly and the early bushrangers.” He adeed that American ranch life was knotra all over the world, and Australian conditions must be just as thrilling and interesting, yet entirely different. They would provide a new feature for adventure • films, which must have plenty of hard riding and local atmosphere. - ; _ “I am looking forward to my visit to Australia,” he added, “where 1 hope to meet boys and girls who have hitherto stared at me in my films. I want to ihake their hands, and chat and laugh and introduce Tony in real life.”