STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 345, 4 May 1928, Page 15

STRAND

“RESURRECTION” “Resurrection,” the marvellous photoplay takn from the worldfamous novel by Count Leo Tolstoy, begins its second week of screening to-day. This flesh and blood drama of the great Russian’s immortal story grips new and greater millions through this film version. The Tolstoy story of prince and peasant, which has been read in 11 languages and acted in seven stage versions, is a throbbingly emotional narrative splendidly portrayed by Rod La Rocque and Dolores Del Rio in the principal roles. La Rocque as Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff is well cast, and succeeds in proving his versatility as an actor in the several stages of Dmitri’s retrogression and spiritual resurrection. He is particularly fine in the serene wherein the Prince sits on the jury trying the woman he has desecrated himself. Dolores Del Rio, playing the role of Katusha Maslova in a film directed by her discoverer, Edwin Carewe, rises to a performance that must be listed among the finest of the year. In a tremendously human and dramatic part that has been the cherished role of every great actress of the stage and screen, the young Mexican actress reveals herself as one of the screen’s finest artists. following her performance as Charmaine in “What Price Glory,” Doroles Del Rio’s work in “Resurrection” establishes her definitely among the first flight of dramatic actresses. The Strand Symphony Orchestra, augmented by a number of musicians from the Auckland Artillery Band, plays Tschaikowsky’s famous “1812” overture, before the screening of “Resurrection,” ending with a magnificent stage spectacle, “The Burning of Moscow.”