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Show of the Victoria Nile, vrre photographed photo-graphed by Hoefler's cumcrmen. while at one point the' entire expedition expe-dition was loaded on an old steamer steam-er ad floated down the anciont KiO'ptian liver. Two weeks spent among t!: pygmies cu the Iuni forest resulted in some remarkably intimate motion mo-tion picture studies of these mys-t; mys-t; rious little people of whom Uncivilized Un-civilized world knows little. At DiKwa, in noithern Nigeria, Hoefk-r and his patty were entertained royally by the Ernlr of Dikwa himself, him-self, who met them with a native, brass band and feasted them in kingly style. Other friendly natives na-tives were the Masai spearmen, who use only spears and shields in hutn-ing hutn-ing the king of beasts. Thrilling photographs of hand to-hand conflicts con-flicts were taken and are shown the film. '"Tol'able David" Season's Classic Coming to Rivoli ' TOLABLE DAVID--- j . Po.gnantly beautiful, the all j i talking version of Joseph Herge-! Herge-! sheimer-:; famous story. "Tol'abie j David," plot-need by Columbia plc-1 plc-1 lure will be shown at the Rivoli j theaU r Sunday and Monday, j The story of "Tcl'able David" is a i ftinple one of a mountaineer's feud , b.Uveen two families. The wurth-j wurth-j less Hatbitrns have niJmeil the ! tkkst son of the Kinemon household house-hold and indirectly caused the death of Hunter Kinemon, head of the house, aa a result of the excitement ex-citement over his boy's cruel injury. No one is left to avenge the unfortunate un-fortunate Kinemons but David, the youngest Bon just a "tol'abie" lad. Trio fret that David is in love with ' Esther Hatburn, a relative of the treacherous group which has caused so much havoc in the Kinemon Kine-mon household, makes things just so much more difficult all around. Tragedy and the responsibility of providing for his people cause a j transformation in David. Circum- stances enable him to avenge him- 1 self' upon those dastartiy cowards : who have wrecked his home. Esther becomes his bride and he comes into man's estate with a happy future fu-ture and a clear conscience no longer long-er made restless with the overhanging overhang-ing menace of an unfulfilled leud. "AFRICA Sl'KAKS" "Africa Speaks." which oomes to, the Rivoli theater o:i Friday and Saturday is a graphic motion picture pic-ture and sound record of tt trip taken by Paul L. iloeller through the hitheito unerored regions of Africa, Hoefler, who represented the J Coloiudo African Expedition, stalled stall-ed inland from Lagos on the Atlan-tic Atlan-tic ocean. Mis objective was Mom-bossa Mom-bossa on the Indian ocean, a route which necessitated his penetrating the heart of equatorial Africa. As the expedition sped along the roads, herds of wild the est c, kon-goni kon-goni and tommies were encountered. encounter-ed. Kuch gorgeous bits of natural beauty as the liipon Fails, source "K.UN OR SHIN K'' It is a well known psychological fact that men of rare mental capabilities capa-bilities often turn to unusual extremes ex-tremes In moments of relaxation. Just to cite a few examples there are the following cases: Woodrow Wilson and his fondness lor the wildest, type of detective tales; tin: famous mathematician Einstein am', his practice on the fiddle, rrvl Sirs Oliver Lodge and Conan Doyio and their meddling with mediums. Joe Cook, famed comedian of "Rain or .Shine," which has been made into ft motion picture bv Columbia Co-lumbia Pictures with the star in his orieimil role, and' id scheduled to play at the Kivoli theater on. Thursday, is a keen student of psychology as npplied to audience reactions. His fv:nniest and greatest great-est laugh-provoking antics arc not. the mete haphazard drolleries they appear to be, but carefully planned schemes to ensnare the elusive but desirable laugh. |