Peril in Java

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 696, 22 June 1929, Page 25

Peril in Java

NEW MAJESTIC BOOKING I Ronald Colman in “The Rescue” A THRILLING and highly-dramatic film version of a popular Joseph Conrad novel is “The Rescue,” coming to theMajestic on June 28. It stars Ronald Colman and Lily Damita, the beautiful French actress. This is a United Artists special release directed by Herbert Brenon and promises to be an outstanding success.

One of the features of “The Rescue” is the suitability of its cast. Supporting the principals are such people as Theodore Von Eltz, Duke Kahanamoku, and Sojin, the remarkable Indian actor, who plays the “menace” role with masterly realism. The picture was filmed on Santa Cruz Island, the least inhabited mem-

and freebooter, who has become involved in native wars, trying to repay a native rajah for his past services by assisting him back to the throne from which he has been exiled. The appearance of an English yacht on the scene of these contraband operations brings complications in the shape of a beautiful Frenchwoman of the yachting party, with whom the trader falls in love. The struggle between his obligations to his native friends and his love for Mrs. Travers gives Colman an admirable opportunity for the fine acting for which he is noted. “The Rescue” is the sixth picture that Colman has made for the Goldwyn studios, the others having been as a co-star with Vilma Banky in “The Dark Angel,” “The Night of Love,” “The Winning of Barbara Worth,” “The Magic Flame,” and “Two Lovers.” Lily Damita has made few pictures in America, but her work is exceptional in every way, and her sophisti- ■ cated beauty is arrestingly unusual.

ber of the Catalina j group, off the Cali- \ fornian coast. An • entire fleet of * yachts, sailing ves- * sels, and subsidiary I craft was gathered I together for the I production. | The climax of | the location work ■ came when a 250-

foot schooner, filled with dynamite, was exploded off the island, at a cost of £25,000, for 25 feet of film. The story of the famous Conrad romance concerns an English trader