MAJESTIC, TO-NIGHT.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 152, 19 February 1932, Page 2

MAJESTIC, TO-NIGHT.

"A BRITISH PICTURE "The Skin Game" is the talkie version of England's eminent author, John Galsworthy, Ever the champion of those who suffer through ignorance or intolerance, Galsworthy offers a powerful theme from the scre'en in'this talkie — the first sound film to he made of any of his literary hroducts. The author himself superirised the script of the film. "The Skin Game" is portrayed against backgrounds which reproduce to perfection the dignity of an ancestral seat and the opulence of a modern manufacturer's home. The Hall cleverly conveys its age by architectural details such as the Ministrel's Gallery and half-timbered walls. Built entirely at Elstree Studios, the Hall was reproduced in detail, even to the wormholes in the panelling. "The Skin Game" boasts a perfect cast including Edmund Gwenn in his original stage and silent screen role of Hornblower, C. V. France, Phyllis Konstan, John Longden, Helen Haye, Erank Lawton, Jill Esinond, Ronald Frankau and Edward Chapman. "The Skin Game," a British International Picture, was directed by England's film genius, Alfred Hitchcoclc, and has been described.as "the picture one hundred per cent. perfect." t i - "The Skin Game" tells the story of a bitter feud between a county and industrial family which ends in tragedy. A young wife atteinpts suicide as the result of persecution. Phyllis Konstan, in this part, was obliged to "drown" ten times in order t.o perfect the scene. She had a duplicate frock in which to "end her life." "The Skin Game" brings to the screen Edmund Gwenn's pet — a harlequin Great Dane, "Miranda of Skaw," who was recently a prize-win-ner at Cruft's Show. She personifies the dignity and breeding of the aristocratic family to which she belongs in the story.