STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 342, 1 May 1928, Page 15

STRAND

“RESURRECTION” Another great masterpiece has been produced in screen form as one of the world’s outstanding' photoplays. This is “Resurrection.” the great human drama from the pen of Count Leo Tolstoy, which is being presented at the Strand Theatre. The most widely read classic of modern times, enjoyed wherever people read books, translated from the Russian of Leo Tolstoy into 11 languages in the past 30 years, “Resurrection” is of unusual interest to filmgoers because it is a drama strong and absorbing enough to have made Tolstoy beloved by the masses of the world. Edwin Carewe, the producer, satisfies a 17-year-old ambition at last in bringing to the screen this story, which lias fascinated him since he played Prince Dmitri himself in a stock company in Kansas. Rod La Rocque is the star of “Resurrection,” playing the role of the Prince who sinned and sorrowed. Dolores Del Rio is Ivatusha Maslova, the peasant ward of his two maiden aunts, the girl whose love is defiled and sullied, only to be won again through the remorse of the Prince. Miss Del Rio is afforded her greatest screen opportunity to date and her work is done under the direction of the same Edwin Carewe who discovered her in Mexico City in 1925. A magnificent musical presentation precedes the screening of the photoplay. Under the baton of Eve Bentley, the specially augmented Strand Symphony Orchestra presents Tchaikowsky’s master composition, “1812,” ending with a brilliant stage spectacle. “The Burning of Moscow.” The supporting programme includes an amusing Aesop Fable cartoon, and an interesting Fox variety film.