A FIGHTING LOVER

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 774, 21 September 1929, Page 18

A FIGHTING LOVER

“MASKED EMOTIONS” AT MAJESTIC ROMANCE AND ACTION Were they blue or brown? It all started over the colour of Nora-Lane's eyes. Young Thad said they were blue, and big brother Brarn staked his modest bet on brown. When young brother Thad stole away to And out three times in quick succession a knile blade sunk between his ribs. “Grani will get you for this,” lie promised before he laded away into unconsciousness, anu big brother Bram did. Ueorgu O’Brien, he with the torso and face of a Greek god, is Bram in the 1’ ox film, “Masked Emotions ” which heads the bill at the Majestic j theatre this week, and Nora Lane is j the little lady who leads the two adj ventuious brothers into so much j trouble. i father is unaware that his serj vant Mogi is in league with Chinese jjmugrglors, and that a shipment of them is being- hidden away on his schooner, lying at anchor near his home. The daughter discovers them but in fear of the consequences of a threat made against her lather, keeps silent. But she is ignorant of the fact that young Thad, when he boarded the schooner in search of her, also discovered the Chinese, and was cruelly scabbed by the treacherous Mogi and his white accomplice. Cast adrift to die. he is found by Bram who, after placing him under medical care, sets out do find his attacker. Tracing Thad to the schooner he questions the girl, whom he accuses of lying to protect someone. However, they both overhear Mogi and his accomplice discussing their crime and Bram confronts them. In a two to one fight which rages over the deck of the schooner. and finishes in the rigging. Bram first knocks out the accomplice and later has the satisfaction of hurling Mogi to his death from the rigging. The picture contains thrill and action and the ending is calculated to stir the pulses of the most romantic. The scenes taken from the yacht and schooner are very effective. MANLY HERO George O’Brien makes a manly hero and whether swimming, fighting or making love, his work is always of a very high standard. Nora Lane, who plays opposite him, is a very attractive little person who, in addition to good looks, possesses personality and acting ability. The remaining roles are entrusted to very capable hands. “Should Husbands Pay” was the title of a very entertaining comedy which had for its thelne the reawakening of a husband’s affection by the simple process of making him jealous of a paid rival. It is clean, quickaction comedy of a decidedly hilarious type. A very interesting gazette shows, among other items of topical interest, the thanksgiving service at Westminster attended by the King, arrival of the Southern Cross in England, and New Zealand visitors in London attending a reception in their honour. In addition to playing “Louise,” the theme song from "Innocents of Paris,” the Majestic Orchestra also played by request Lizst’s "Liebestraume,” an item that was warmly applauded.