MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 812, 5 November 1929, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“PLEASURE CRAZED” Dramatic situations, clear dialogue and excellent acting all combine in making the talkie, “Pleasure Crazed,” at the Majestic Theatre, ideal entertainment. The story opens in a lovely Californian estate, where Colonel Farquar, Nora Wesby and Gilbert Ferguson await the new tenants, a wealthy couple, to whom they have sublet. The three form a unique group of crooks. The trio is completing its plans when Captain Anthony Dean (Kenneth Mackenna) and his wife, Alma (Dorothy Burgess), arrive to take over possession. There is an obvious unpleasant feeling between them. Farquar introduces Nora as his secretary who is to stay on to take care of important messages. He turns the keys, including what he claims to be the only key to a strong-box, over to Alma and leaves with Gilbert. Utterly disgusted with his wife’s actions with Blain, Dean confronts them both, telling Alma he will get immediate divorce. Alma, furious, wildly plans revenge. Farquar and Gilbert arrive at the estate determined to get the jewels. Gilbert unseen enters the house, finding Alma pouring the contents of a tiny bottle into Dean’s pocket flask. Dean comes downstairs, picks up the flask, and departs. Gilbert calmly goes over to the strongbox. Alma is frightened by liis insolence. She realises he has seen her put poison into the flask—the strongbox is empty. In addition the following short talking and singing features are presented on the programme:—Songs by Charles I-lackett, who is well known for his work on Columbia records, part songs by “The Yacht Club Bays,” and a Fox Movietone News, with the latest worldevents.