MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 212, 2 May 1932, Page 3

MAJESTIC

TO-NIGHT Perh§ps the most novel motion picture to be shown in Rotorua this season will open to-night at the Majestic Theatre. This remarkable photo-play is "East of Borneo," produced by Universal and filmed partly in the picturesque jungles of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, among ancient ruins which form the setting for the action of the drama. For this picture, it is announced, is in no sense a travelogue, but a dramatic story which is filled with suspense and exciting action. The film tells the story of an American doetor who has literally buried himself in this wild region where he, the only white man in the entire countryside, is the personal physician of an Oriental rajah who rules his people from a ruined castle. Into this desolate spot comes the divorced wife of the doetor, her rekindled love causing her to follow him half way around the world. It is when her late husband spurns her and the rajah casts covetous eyes on the beautiful white woman that the drama reaches its climax, while the thunderous eruption of a nearby volcano adds terror to the scene. The cast of 'East of Borneo" is headed by Rose Hobart and Charles Bideford, and also includes Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, Noble Johnson and many hundreds of native Malays. This remarkable production was directed by George Melford.