MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 706, 4 July 1929, Page 14

MAJESTIC

“THE FORGER” TOMORROW “The Rescue,” Ronald Colman’s picture based on Joseph Conrad’s virile tale of the Java seas, will be screened at the Majestic Theatre for the last time this evening - . This is a colourful romance of intrigue, romance, and the lure of the tropics, showing Colman at his best. Lily Lamita, plays opposite him. Edgar Wallace needs no introduction as a purveyor of thrills based on a thorough knowledge of criminals and the criminal mind. Many years ago he was a police court reporter, and, as such, made a study of crime at close quarters. This knowledge he has put to remarkable use in his plays and stories, one of the best known of which, the “Daily Mail” serial, “The Forger,” has now been filmed by the British Lion Film Corporation, and will be shown at the Majestic tomorrow. As usual with Mr. Wallace, the identity of the forger—known far and wide as “The Clever One”—is wrapped in mystery. The evidence points, in damning fashion, to a rich young man, newly wed. The evidence piles up against him, complicated and intensified by a mysterious murder. But— The story is unfolded with all Mr. Wallace’s keen eye to drama, and the audience is carried along irresistibly to the denouement. A distinguished cast, which includes Lillian Rich, Nigel Barrie, Sam Livesey, and James Raglan, brings out finely all the mystery and dramatic effect, and the whole result is a capital entertainment. A second big picture will be screened tomorrow in “The Farmer's Wife,” a typically English comedy-drama of a handsome farmer who decides to marry. After much futile proposing, he realises his love for his own housekeeper. Lilian Hall-Davies and James Thomas portray the leading roles in this film version of Eden Philpott’s well-known novel.