CAPITOL
“IN OLD ARIZONA” The new talkie programme at the Capitol Theatre is headed by ‘ In Old Arizona,” the finest talkie made outThe picture is a brilliantly-directed production, with one of those simple stories which strike home entertainingly, its photography is perfect and the reproduction of voice and sound leaves very little for improvement. A great scene is that of a mob of bullocks driving right into the camera, bellowing as they come, without the slightest burr of the machine. In adother shot, taken at the entrance of a corral, the bandit is delivering the mob over to the buyers and receiving the money. Their conversation is important. Every word can easily be heard, although in the background is the subdued lowing of the cattle and the crow of a cock. The gun shots are uncanny: they . don’t “ping” or •'bang.” Instead they literally thud, just as if the person seeing it were shot instead of the cattle rustlers in the picture. Photographed amid those weird and inspiring sounds in the deserts of Utah, i the cameraman has subtly exploited his | backgrounds to stress the mood of | the moment. Nature can mean a good ; deal more to a director of vision and j imagination than the studio hackI ground made for the conventional
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 801, 23 October 1929, Page 17
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