"ZOO IN BUDAPEST"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 650, 30 September 1933, Page 2

"ZOO IN BUDAPEST"

LORETTA YQUNG AND GENE RAYMOND HAVE THE LEADING ROLES. MAJESTIC NEXT SATURDAY. "Zoo in Budapest," reported as one _ of the most unusual pictures ever portrayed on the screen, comes to the Majestic Theatre on Saturday, October 6. It is the first independent production by Jesse L. Lasky under ; the banner of Fox Film. j The story, huilt round the activities and the atmosphere of a great zoological park, de'als with the romanc al of a young man who has lived ! all his life among the animals, and a simple, unsophisticated orphan girl;

who comes to the zoo for a' lesson in natural history. The two meet for the time and, drawn by an unknown urge, find themselvesi .strangely in ■ love with each other. But back of this gentle theme of young love lies the terrifying pattern of caged jbeasts, their hates and hungers, their loves and lusts, the source from which the plot gains its momentum and is said to move from one overwhelming thrill to another. "Zoo in Budapest" featurCs Loretta Young and Gene Roymond in what promises to he oue of the most thrillingly entertaining pictures of the year. The supporting cast, headed' by O. P. Heggie, is a notable one. It includes Wally Albright, Paul Fix, Mhrray Kinnell, Ruth Warren,. Roy Stewart, Frances Rich, Niles Welch, Lucille Ward, Russ Powell and Doro- { thy Libaire. The dire'ction is by R'owland V.

Lee, wh6 also collaborated with' Dan Totheroh and Louise Long ih nlaking. ' the screen adaptatioh of - the original story by Melville Baker and Jack Kirkland. Tlee GhYmeSj wihner of the prize aWarded by the Academy of Motibn Picture Arts and Sciences for the best photography'of the year, ' was selected by Mr. Lasky to recorcf •the unusual backgrouhds and coni^hsltibhs that ahe 'said b'e ah ifh- ' hortant feathre of thfs film.