MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 912, 4 March 1930, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“DRAG OF THE FAMILY” The modern controversy over the feminist question asserts itself in peculiar fashion in “Drag of the Farm—ily." Richard Barthelmess’s second talking and-musical picture, Worthy successor to “‘Veary River.” which is now at the nlajestic Theatre. Two women dominate the interest of the star in this picture. One is a “wise-cracking" modern girl—the other, a domestic. home—loving girl, Both are in love with him. VVhich will make the better wife considering, of course, that the hero is a talented young man with ambitions to Write a Broadway Operetta? This problem is presented in “Drug of the Family” andl answered by Richard Barthelmess as David Carroll. Lila Lee is seen as the modern and Alice Day as the homeloving domestic girl. I “Drag of the Family” includes a very : elaborate musical show staged on a; ,‘most lavish scale. It is entitled. “The Love Prince.” and the haunting and seductive central melody is “My Song of the 'Nilc." An excellent supporting programme of talkie i‘cuturettes and music is also I being presented. : Tourists from Indiana. Michigan. ilowa. Illinois. Ohio and Texas, with probably representatives fronl nearly every other State in America. all unconsciously have played in their first talking picture. Sound scenes for Paramount's “XVoman Trap," the Blajestic‘s next talkie attraction. were successfully made in one of the busiest streets in the business centre of Los Angeles. The scenes. photographed and sound recorded during the noon hour period. show Hal Skelly (featured with Evelyn Brent) meeting Miss Brent within the lobby of a. large building. and later walking down the streets through the crowds. To photograph the scenes unknown to the thousands of people on the footpaths. Director; \Vellman had his cameras and micro-l phones hidden in a. packing case] mounted on a delivery truck, and pulled by two attendants, wearing caps and uniforms of porters. Small wires connected the camouflaged camera truck with the sound recording wagon that was parked at the curb. The sound truck had every outward appearance of being a moving van and attracted no attention.