ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 17 January 1931, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE: “AFRICA SPEAKS” "‘Africa Speaks,” which comes to the Regent Theatre to-night for a season of three days is a graphic motion picture and sound record of a trip taken by Paul L. Hoefler through the hitherto unexplored regions of Africa. Hoefler started inland from Lagos, on the Atlantic Ocean. As the expedition sped along the roads, herds of wildebeeste, kongoni and tommies were encountered. Such gorgeous bits of natural beauty as the Ripon falls, source of the Victoria Nile, were photographed. Two weeks spent among the pygmies of the Itiiri forest resulted in some remarkably intimate motion picture studies of these mysterious little people of whom _ the civilised world knows little. At Dikwa, in Northern. Nigeria, Hoefler and his * party were entertained royally by the Emir of Dikwa himself, who met them with a native brass hand and feasted them in kingly style. Other friendly natives were the Masai spearmen, -who use only spears and shields in. hunting the king of beasts. Thrilling photographs of hand-to-hand conflicts were taken and are shown. In Tanganyika the explorer obtained one of the most amazing motion picture phenomena ever made, a gigantic swarm of locusts. The piants in the film are the members of, the Wasara tribe. Many of them are 7ft. tall and few of the warriors are less than 6ft. in height. They dominate the Sara River country/ and are said to be the ablest hunters found on the dark continent. This production is at .once the most colourful arid •thrilling' depiction of life in the wild African jungle ever presented. - .

MAJESTIC THEATRE: BESSIE LOVE IN “CONSPIRACY”

No patron of talking pictures would miss Bessie Love, the delightful star of “Broadway Melody,” and other big hits. Her most ardent admirers will b surprised when they see her performance in «, brand new type of dramatic play, “Conspiracy,” which will he screened at the Majestic Theatre this evening. “Conspiracy” is a gripping story of a girl’s fight against sinistei odds. Forced to kill a man in self defence, she flees'for safety, only to find herself in the position of stenographer to a weird old “thriller” writer, who dictates to her, piece by piece, the exact story of the tragedy. How he knows all the true facts is a mystery, but tho film works on to an amazing climax. That fine character actor, Ned Sparks, gives one of the most remarkable im.personations ever seen on the screen, and there is an incomparable cast of dramatic favourites. The featurettes include a particularly interesting Paramount sound news, which contains an item of special interest to New Zealanders —a talk from the screen by Mr George Forbes (Prime Minister) and Dr. Craig, Comptroller-General of Customs, with Sir Thomas Sidey in the picture.

“CAMEO KIRBY” ON TUESDAY Hailed as the greatest musical romance yet produced, “Cameo Kirby, Fox Movietone romantic drama will be screened at the Majestic on Tuesday. J. Howard Murray, and Norma Terris, are co-starred.