MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 253, 17 June 1932, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

BRITISH' DOUBLE-FEATURE PROGRAMME. Miles Mander, acclaimed by many as the cleverest of our aetors allowed to remain in England, directs Madeleine Carroll in an exceptionally capahle manner in "Fascination," which opened last night at the Maj estic Theatre. — "Fascination" is a triangle drama, depicting the story of a young married man who becomes infatuated with a charming actress and temporarily lapses from the straight and narrow path, hut is eventually persuaded to return to his forgiving wife. Yet he has been cad enough to suggest that the two women share him. A note of comedy enlivens the film and ICenneth Kove, as the hlase man-about-town, further enhances his reputation. The settings of the film, showing the English countryside, are worthy hackgrounds for excellent acting. "Men Lik© These" which opened last night at the Maj estic Theatre, is a story of the submarine service. One might almost say it is a history of the submarine service, since evidently it has been inspired by a recent tragedy which excited the pity and admiration of the civilised world. It is a tale of compelling drama, and by its sincerity it bears the imprint of overwhelming reality. It is a Saga of the Sea. One sees the submarine performing exercises: then the collision with a "tramp" steamer, and after that the anguish and the heroism of the men inside. The story is poignant in its simplicity, and devastating in its emotion — because no attempt has been made to "theatriealise" the moods and feelings of the doomed men. It is stark realism, and through it all runs the same strain as through Coward's "'Cavalcade," that there is something wonderful in being English — even if it means dying like a rat in a trap. It is a most sincere piece of work, which cannot but have the effect , of heightening the desire of British j companies to make films which are j indigenously British.