GRAND THEATRE
TO-NIGHT Mighty drama of a primeval world; of atavism rampant in almost unknown spots of the globe; thundering adventure, strange rites of a savage people in the jungles — these are the background for an everlasting story of devotion, love and romance, in "Trader Horn," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's gigantic filmisation of the famous book, which opens at the Grand Theatre to-night. There is drama that grips the heart in the play — and drama equally as gripping in the savage death' dance of the wild Isorgi — a ceremony thousands of years old in pathless jungle that the picture brings, with sound and all to the screen. The weird chants, the tomtoms, the swaying painted black bodies in strange cadence — it is never to be forgotten. Harry Carey gives a magnificent performance in the role of Trader Horn, the guardian of Peru, his friend's son, and of the golden haired Nina, "White Goddess" in a temple of a savage tribe. Duncan Renaldo plays the role of Peru convincingly and Edwina Booth is beautiful as well as dramatic in the heroine's role. Olive Golden and others are in the cast, not to forget Mutia, the giant native, who enacts Renchero with all the skill of a trained screen actor. *
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 154, 22 February 1932, Page 7
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205GRAND THEATRE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 154, 22 February 1932, Page 7
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