MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 17, 12 September 1931, Page 4

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT. Drama to the depths — action and adventxxre to the crested tips of the topm'ost palm, is offered to-day and to-night at the Majestic Theatre in "The Sea God," Paraxnount talking romance dealing with the experiences which befall a bronzed young seadog, a primitive-tempered maid of the South Seas, and a brutal trader, on, ahout, over and in the waters surrounding a cannibal isle. Richard Arlen and Fay Wray, tlxe "Border Legion" lovers, are the principal wayfarers. Eugene Pallette, a sergeant of sleuths and cowhand of parts, goes "salt" as Axden's first mate, first-class. Rohert Glecker is the "menace"; and otlxer subordinate portrayals are given by Ivan Simpson, Boh Perry, Maurice Black and Ford Wallace. Novelty of viewpoint, or should we say "ear-point," is a bizarre touch of this production, directed by the assiduous and alert George Abbott, whos'e "Manslaughter" attained widespread favour, while serving Claudette Colbert with new steps to fame's very pinnacle. Far from prosaic Is Abbott's method of showing the savages attacking ship. The audience is taken below the surface of a sunlit crystal sea, and shown the action as Arlen sees it, looking up from the ocean flo.or. The mysterious hum of subsea, the gurgle of air lines and implements, the pebbly wash of diving armour propelled about, is captured by a new camex'a-microscope developed by Paraxxxount, said to be capable of operation at great depths without tlxe protection of a diving bell. Events bizarre as an untapped world are unfolded as the youthful adventurer outwits pagan tribes, beats back a rival, captures the lxeart of a girl, and sails away with love and fortune, all tlxe spoils of a victorious spirit.