MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 699, 26 June 1929, Page 17

MAJESTIC

“THE RESCUE” ON FRIDAY In “A South Sea Bubble,” one of the chief attractions at the Majestic Theatre, there is a capital Treasure Island film which is as picturesque as its story. Ivor Novello is a modern adventurer whose piratical ancestor had burled a treasure on a South Sea Island without taking the trouble to mark the exact site on the chart he bequeathed to his heirs. Vernon Winslowe (Ivor Novello) supplies the omission and gathered six credulous people about him to seek the treasure. Their quest was successful but the way to the treasure was strewn with possibilities and surprises. The second big picture is entitled "Not Quite Decent,” and stars Louise Dresser and June Collyer in the story of a mother who makes herself out as unworthy that her daughter might not take a mis-step. A cinematic event of no small importance comes to the Majestic Theatre on Friday when Samuel Goldwyn present "The Rescue,” a picturization of Joseph Conrad’s famous romance of the same name, serving as Ronald Colman’s first individual starring vehicle. "The Rescue” has been directed by Herbert Brenon, maker of "Beau Geste,” and judged the "best director of 1927.” "The Rescue” marks Colman’s first appearance before his public since the break-up of the famous Ronald Colman -Vilma Banky co-stari-ing combination after the completion of "Two Lovers.” It gives him an admirably suitable role as the freebooting captain of an English trading brig in the seas around Java, caught in a conflict between loyalty to his native friends and devotion to the beautiful woman who comes suddenly and disastrously into his life. Playing opposite Colman in this picture is Lily Damita, Samuel Ooldwyn’s new Parisian find who is making her first appearance in American films after becoming one of the most successful picture actresses in Europe. Other notable names in the cast are Duke Kahanamoku, the celebrated Hawaiian swimming champion, Laska Winters, Philip Strange, Theodore von Eltz, Sojin, Harry Cording and Alfred Hickman. The entire picture was filmed on the most deserted of the Catalina Islands off the coast of California during the summer months. The culmination of the location work was the blowing up of a 250 foot schooner by dynamite, at an expense of £IO,OOO for 25 feet of film.