THE BYRD FILM
FOR EARLY RELEASE News has been received by Paramount Pictures to the effect that the , Byrd film, “With Byrd at the South j Pole,” will arrive in New Zealand in j the very near future. Its release is ! expected shortly after its arrival. This j epic of the icy wastes is at present j enjoying: a very successful season on : Broadway, where it is receiving: the I unanimous praise of the critical New York Press. Willard Vanderveer and Joe Ruck -r, the two Paramount cameramen who accompanied Byrd on the expedition, brought back with them in all 20 miles of film. This has been cut and edited into a feature-length picture that tells one of the most gripping stories ever told. Sound and dialogue has been added, included in which is a special address by Rear-Admiral Byrd to the people of the British Empire. In this speech he pays a marvellous tribute to the people of New Zealand, who gave the expedition every reasonable assistance. There is no Question of doubt that “With Byrd at the South Pole" will prove one of the most outstanding pictures of the new season.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1047, 11 August 1930, Page 15
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193THE BYRD FILM Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1047, 11 August 1930, Page 15
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