HIPPODROME

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 29, 27 April 1927, Page 15

HIPPODROME

BUCK JONES Buck Jones, whose latest picture, “30 Below Zero,” will be seen at the above theatre, could not hide the fact that he started his screen career as a “stunt man,” even if he wanted to, because with every succeeding picture he brings new thrills to the screen. In “30 Below Zero,” his latest Fox film, he abandons the horse and the good, solid earth for the thrills of the air when he embarks on a mammoth airplane headed for Arctic regions. For Buck has remained a stunt man, even though he has soared to the heights of stardom. In many of his photoplays he has not only duplicated the daring feats on horseback he learned in the wild west show, but with his two horses. “Silver Buck” and “White Eagle,” he has performed stunts that would put any circus thrills to shame. In Hollywood, at the invitation of one of his cowboy friends, he went to the studio to just look around, but he remained to work. He started by doubling for many prominent stars doing stunts which required considerable risk and steady nerves. But his looks and his personality could not be ignored for long, so Buck was signed as an actor. He started doing stunts for himself and he has been doing them ever since. In “30 Below Zero’ ’he has some new ones. A spill out of a huge airplane flying high above the snow-covered Polar regions, a tumble down the mountain from a cabin perched on its top, a ride down a monster snowdrift with Buck buried alive in the very centre of a huge snowball. But the success of this latest entertainment of the great western star does not depend on stunts alone for its appeal. There is real story with plenty of suspense in the latest Fox release, which will be a treat for any audience.