THE EMPIRE.
',THE JUNGLE CHILD." The wonderful tropical beauty of the South American jungle, with its wild animal life, provides a fascinating and highly-original setting for the Triangle drama, "The Jungle Child," which will he tlie principal attraction at the Empire to-night. The wild animals that dwell in the dense jungle of the tropical hell arc depicted in their native haunts, and in the centre of the picture is the heroine of the story, a beautiful creature of the wild, untamed. She is u Spanish girl who, as an infant, was adopted by an Indian tribe. Into her life conies an American explorer who had lost his way, and is rescued mid nursed back to health by the girl. Incidentally he discovers that she is a lost heiress, and being thoroughly unscrupulous gains her affections, and persuades her to return to civilisation with him. Too late she discovers his real character, and perceives that he despises her for her primitive instincts. The climax . that develops is dramatic and terrible.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1917, Page 2
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169THE EMPIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1917, Page 2
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