MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 676, 31 October 1933, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT. Mr. Charles Chauvels' film, "In the Wake of the Bounty," contains some exquisite views of th'e South Seas. ' Not even in "Moana," "Tabu," and "White Shadov^s," which are regard- ' ed as settinig. the world standard in this sphere, will one find mor-e lovely photography, more perfect realisation of the lights and shadows in ' tropieal landscape. The cameraman (Mr. Tasman Higgins) has, realised the value of motion as a means of filling out the flatness of screen per- : spective into amore stereoscopic effect and th& gliding of the camera to and fro across land and water gives a splendid feeling of depth and distance. Since the motive on which the scenic ' effects are strung in the mutiny on board the "Bounty" and the settlement of the survivors on Pitcairn Island, Tahiti and Pitcairn form the locations. There are pictures of mist floating over raigged mountain peaks; of yachts mirrored in palm-fringed waters; and some remarkable glimpses of heavy seas dashing against a reef. The dial'ogue is straightforward, I and calculated to appeal to intelli•gent people. The film as a whole, too, has been most carefully and ingeniously planned. The dramatic episode at the end is genuinely moving; and, jfrom a visual point of view has a dynamic quality which allows it to rank with the finest overseas work.