Will Bishop on the Films Again

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 38, 3 April 1931, Page 4

Will Bishop on the Films Again

SOME considerable time ago the cor ernment decided, very. wisely, to film many of New Zealand’s beauty spots and circulate these abroad. Many people who have made the trip to New Zealand will have seen some of them on the boat, others are shown in other countries. With the advent of the talkies and the possibilities of sound synchronisation, these films are being brought up to date. Descriptive dialogue has been prepared, and the background is filled in, with specially-written orchestral scorés. At the present time, two of these films are being shown in New Zealand theatres, one in Dunedin and the other at the Regent Theatre, Wellington. It is interesting to note that the commentator in both of thesr Mr. Will Bishop, well-knowi to 2¥A listeners. The orchestration is ‘in the capable hands of Mr. Mat Dixon, who has written and presented the _ special scores. His Salon Orchestra, which broadeasts regularly from 2YA, does excellent service in maintaining a musical background. In Wellington the film "Rainbow River" is running. This depicts the very beautiful scenes along the Waikato River. One.sees the trout fisher at his sport, the tumultuous falls, and the placid "wides"’; the boiling pools in which the natives prepare their food. It is a picture well worth seeing and hearing. a