NATIONAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1058, 23 August 1930, Page 14

NATIONAL

“JOURNEY'S END" A talking picture that will be remembered by the public for many years to come is “Journey’s End,” which lias been playing to large audiences at the Regent Theatre, and today commences a season at the National Theatre. “Journey’s End” is a line production, and in addition to the clear photography and outstanding acting, the cast is exceptional in that every member is an Englishman, and only the pure English diction is used. To teach the young generation (in the words of one of the characters), “how silly war really is,” is the moral of the play, which also serves to show the horrors and tragedy of war. Returned soldiers who have seen the film are unanimous in their opinion that nothing ever produced previously in the way of life as it was in the battlefield can compare with tiie true-to-life scenes depicted in ‘‘Journey’s End.” The whistling sound of shells ns they speed through the air. the crash, and the dull booming that is audible only in the dugouts, are all faithfully brought back through the. sound film. To prevent breaking the continuity of the film, there is no interval, and the only other picture on the programme is a film about dogs, entitled “All Tails,” and is very interesting. CHILDREN’S PANTOMIME During the school holidays next week the National will present at the matinees every afternoon a children’s pantomime called “Torn Thumb.” Over 40 children will take part in it. under the direction of Miss Lillian O’Leary.