MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 965, 7 May 1930, Page 15

MAJESTIC

SPLENDID PROGRAMMES A love affair of the May and October type, with a startling and unexpected ending, is the basis of the First National-Vitaphone picture, “The Careless Age," which is now in its last days at the Majestic Theatre, with an allstar cast. The picture was adapted from the sensational stage play, “Diversion," by John van Druten, and has a background of the gay theatres and clubs of London and Lake Como. Heading the cast are Douglas Fairbanks, jun., as the boy; Carmel Myers, as the sophisticated actress with whom he becomes infatuated; and Loretta Young, as a young English girl. A splendid supporting cast is seen, headed by such well-known players as Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thomson, Doris Lloyd, and Wilfred Hoy,

"William Powel, who made a great success in all-talking films lately in the role of Philo Vance in “The Canary Murder Case" and “The Greene Murder Case," is seen and heard in the characterisation of Robert Courtland, an urbane demi-villain, in “Pointed Heels,” the Paramount all-talking picture, which is the second attraction on the programme. Readers of Joseph Conrad’s novels will recognise one of his most famous characters in Warner Cland’s portrayal of Schomberg in Haney Carroll’s first starring picture, “Dangerous Paradise," which ..will show at the Majestic, starting shortly. Oland has been ambitious to portray this part for a long time. He considers it one of the most dramatically powerful ever conceived.

Oland undertook his part in “Dangerous Paradise” immediately on completion of his role in “The Vagabond King.” He was last seen in George Bancroft’s “The Mighty.” In “Dangerous Paradise” he joined a cast which includes, in addition to Miss Carroll, Richard Arlen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Francis McDonald.