MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 17

MAJESTIC

“THE EXPLOITS OF THE EMDEN” More than £2,000,000 worth of damage was done to British merchant shipping in the early months of the World War by the German sea raider Emden, under the command of Karl von Muller. The big picture now at the Majestic Theatre deals with one of the most interesting incidents of the Great War, namely, the various exploits and ultimate destruction by H.M.A.S. Sydney of the Emden. Admirers of the trained enthusiasm of our British airmen will be glad to find an R.A.F. officer as leading man in the new British Dominions film, ‘‘Troublesome Wives,” which is the second big feature. Captain Tony Paget is in fact almost too keenly engrossed in his work. That is why his pretty wife becomes “troublesome.” On the very day of their wedding he rushes off to attend to his pet ’plane, which is entered for a Hound Britain Race the following day. With handsome Eric Bransby Williams as the airman, and Mabel Poulton as his neglected bride, “Troublesome Wives” is excellent entertainment. The next big attraction at the Majestic will be “Kitty,” a charming English story similar in theme and background to the well-known film “Sorrell and Son.” Warwick Deeping, the famous author of “Sorrell and Son,” who has cooperated in the production of “Kitty,” the latest British International picture, “My book has been pieturised with unusual respect to its author’s feelings, and no trouble or expense has been spared by the director in his efforts to bring the story to the screen in its correct atmosphere.” “Kitty,” which was produced amid the picturesque and natural settings of one of the most charming beauty spots on the banks of the River Thames, stars Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The spirit of youth, its tenderness and romance, lives in First National’s great synchronised aerial epic, “Dove Never Dies.” Colleen Moore, who is outstanding among all the stars for her freshness, whimsicality and vivacity, 1 rises to great emotional heights in her Characterisation of Jeannine,