TWO BRITISH TALKIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1056, 21 August 1930, Page 14

TWO BRITISH TALKIES

“THE HATE SHIP” AT ROXK ALSO “HARMONY HEAVEN” “The Hate Ship,” and the supporting programme of sound pictures intr-* duced at the Roxy Theatre last evening, provide entertainment should draw crowded houses otto the coming week and a packed nou—this evening. tofh . Apart from its other merits, -i"® Hate Ship” may be recommended » an English production. a very more important point in a sound P> ture than in the old “silents. actors include some of the ‘I artists of Britain, and, though t names and faces are little kno picture-goers up till now :.™^kniaiV’ cesses as this picture, Bla . c **L * and “Atlantic,” will ensure them solid and lasting popularity. “The Hate Ship” has gone one Dothan most sound pictures in tn «, big door scenes are much availed on lack in so many of the purely stwno produced pictures which ha%e p tically made up the Hst. 0 *. 12 * 1 to the That this is possible is <* ue setting of the story, for „_ nnert v ship” is a palatial yacht, the P PJT * of a thorough-going but q^ i i l t 5 oUSivinal villain, a man with a eveS shaped mind which justifies in. * the almost any action, no to him cost to others, which brings what he desires. , f nW mer. Jameson Thomas is the yac and playing opposite to him onde; -. Jean Colin. Thomas S l ' e _ s D ieasar.t ful portrayal of a . n °‘ h character, and dominates 1 hut throughout: what he but far more often he do t e .® n I®k 1 ® k of’conlays his plans with entire lacK sideration for his guests. .. gjd« There is the essential gj ve of the story, light side i there the picture a happy balance, me< jy is just the right proportion oi c on a to place the whole P rodu bv j s eihigh plane. The photograp - en - c cellent. and the introduction sections very welcome. “HARMONY HEAVEN” Brilliant colours, tuneful and old London vaudeville fa seco pd go to make a huge success of * pro . talkie attraction on the B.o x > jg a gramme. “Harmony , firs: complete success. It is Bntai reV ue all-colour production, and 1S b'* type of film with s . ke * c^f s f f voll rites such old-time music-hall fa as Trilby Clark, Jack Raine. Hall and Polly Ward.

Owing to the protracted George Bancroft. Gary T „.i been selected to play the stal T f .-tw in the all-talking version Spoilers.” Edwin Carewe, the aor and director, has complete*! preparation on the story* Stanley Fields, the bootleg ***&£; “Street of Chance.” portrays a * ern outlaw in “The Border Richard Arlen’s recently outdoor talkie. Jack Holt is t as th© leader of the bandits an Wray has the feminine lead-