MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1018, 8 July 1930, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“THE GREEN GODDESS” India has always been a vast storehouse of unguessed riches. Its people were desperately poor, its rulers rich beyond tho dreams of Occidentals. Every petty ruler vied with the others in ostentation and display. Every year a definite percentage of all the gold and silver, and of all the precious stones of the world, finds its way into tho treasures of these East Indian potentates and disappears from circulation as far as the rest of the world knows. Tho story of “The Green Goddess,” Which is now at the Majestic Theatre, the second of George Arliss s alltalking Vitaphone pictures for Warner Brothers, is laid in the kingdom of Rukh, a wild and unknown principality in Northern India, near the mysterious country of Tibet. Here an English trio, wrecked in an airplane, are the guests of an East Indian prince who masks under a polished English exterior all tho hatred of his race for the white oppressors. It is a melodramatic story, which Mr. Arliss made a great stage success. The settings for the new version of “Tho Green Goddess” were prepared with careful attention to authentic detail, and have seldom been equalled in elaborate and expensive construction. The cast supporting George Arliss, tho notable star, includes such actors as If. B. Warner, Nigel de Brulier, and Ivan Simpson, and enjoys the charm and beauty of Alice Joyce as the lead opposite Mr. Arliss. A 1 Green directed tho production, and Julien Joseph son wrote the scenario from the original by William Archer. Capital entertainment is also provided by tho supporting programme of talkie featurettes.