Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912) . h ahigh standard of excellence been reached, either photographically,dramatically, or scenically. I have never seen anything more trueto nature than the scenes in which lions and leopards are observedprowling through the forests in search of their prey, nor with thewide experience I have with the motion picture have I anyrecollection cf seeing pursuer and pursued at such close range inthe picture at one time. As a natural history subject alone, Kingsof the Forest is a decided triumph, whilst as a drama, as theYankees say, it licks creation. With the sc
Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912) . h ahigh standard of excellence been reached, either photographically,dramatically, or scenically. I have never seen anything more trueto nature than the scenes in which lions and leopards are observedprowling through the forests in search of their prey, nor with thewide experience I have with the motion picture have I anyrecollection cf seeing pursuer and pursued at such close range inthe picture at one time. As a natural history subject alone, Kingsof the Forest is a decided triumph, whilst as a drama, as theYankees say, it licks creation. With the scenes laid in Rhodesia,the film has also its geographical value ; indeed it may be said to bea dramatic educational. Nor is it only on account of the introduction of the animalelement into the picture that it scores, for it is noteworthy also forthe presence of a talented child actor, who wins its way into onesaffection from the beginning. In a word, I may say that, good ashave been previous pictures which Selig has given us, Kings of the. vocabulary any superla ive which would fitly describe Kruge and his wife, an old-fashioned couple, have an onlv
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