Glimpses of Java and Ceylon (1937)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Another in MGM's long running TravelTalk series hosted by James FitzPatrick. This time we go to bot Java and Ceylon where we see various living conditions as well as popular tourist spots. As I've said in each one of my reviews, this thing certainly comes off very dated especially considering what we have on The History Channel and stations like that. One must keep in my when this was made and I'm sure in 1937 it was quite something being able to see another place in Technicolor. As for this short we get some beautiful shots of the ocean as well as a tribal dance in Ceylon where men with long hair do some sort of dance, which certainly looks like it was meant for women. The highlight is probably a sequence where men leave work early so that they can get to the local lake and take a bath.