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...Safari (Warwick; Columbia) had the interesting idea of shooting 30,000 feet of film in Kenya and then hiring a writer to think up a plot. What results is an African western with ferocious Mau Mau taking the place of rampaging Sioux and a biff-bang ending that has Victor Mature standing knee-deep in corpses just as the soldiers come charging to the rescue. Along the way are the usual scenes of trumpeting elephants, petulant rhinos, man-eating lions and fiendish crocodiles with an eye for a pretty girl-in this instance, Janet Leigh. In fact, most...
From the wail of motorcycle sirens to the popping of champagne corks, 1931's Symphony Hall safari last night was one long succession of musical mis-chief. Two classmates and 92 members of the Boston Pops lent professional dignity to the merrymaking...
Such was the gang that fulfilled itself aesthetically on the B & M's Steam Safari on Sunday. There were 851 people on the twelve-car train, including what enthusiasts scornfully call "daisy-pickers," or people who simply enjoy a day in the country via the B & M. Enthusiasts came not only from Boston for this special trip. One man traveled for 16 hours from Detroit just to be at North Station for the first, steamy jolt. Others hailed from Washington, Syracuse, Philadelphia and St. John, New Brunswick, while one section of the train was full of insurgent New Yorkers...
...Portland Transportation Company also made a profitable arrangement with the enthusiasts on Sunday. Buses lined the front of Union Station when the Safari arrived, and conducted visitors to "points of interest in historic Portland." While some of the tour was geared to appeal to the rail fan, much of the fifty-cent ride included such standard attractions as Lincoln Oaks, where, the driver noted, a lady's handbag was once snitched by a playful swan and carried to an island inaccessible to anyone except the police. Other vital points of interest included the City Hall, the First Baptist Church ("Jesus...
Sunday's Steam Safari pulled back into North Station fifty-three minutes late