AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19889, 28 March 1930, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

MAJESTIC THEATRE. A picture o< remarkable power, "The Sky drawing the crowds to the Majestic Theatre.'i All those remarkable things which are performed in the air by the young Air : l yorco-/y trainees are, in . local' opinion, ' really done by them, and not vl'if&i*?" clever camera The battle to wa«i» tie end of the picture, when an aeroplane engages a raiding Zeppelin in combat over London, wee really •taged over the Californian countryside when Fox Movietone Company were producing "The Sky Hawk." The etory i« from one by Guy fowler, "The Chap Named Bardell," in which John Garrick pl*ys the lead.

"THE ISLE OP LOST SHIPS."

THRILLING TALKIE DRAMA. One of the most unusual, and, at the same time, thoroughly entertaining, talking piclure produced in Hollywood last year ■will be at the Majestic Theatre next week, ■amely, "The Isle-of Lost Ship*;'' story of the same name by. Crittenden . Mar'*iott, a highly imaginative- story, based ;on sciontiflc fact. According to; legend, and aow accepted by the world of: science, there is'n area in the North-Atlantic known as the Sargasso Sea, which, extending fpr hundreds of miles, is choked with seaweed..jnak ing navigation impossible, a " d .. to •II the wrecks and dereliets of the Atlantic fiavitate. For the purpose of the etory of The Isle of Lost Ships, the author _ of the Story assumed that parts of this remarjc 4ble area are inhabitated, and he weaves a romance around this contention that l oM Vl the most exciting "adventure'' storic. 'tret written.. Right off the be at -.xt, ' different .from any other picture, qurte with -eut a trace of the artificiality and affectr tions which mar so many films, The is e 'ef Lost Ships," as a piece °* en t te^ a t ,n "®£e possesses attributes syhicli cannot but malce an appeal to a wideaudience ' ta ,' . al ! the thrills of more--conventional film fare. It has what is succinctly whoto" .Interest," and it is a revelat on •in photo grapliy and sound reproduction. In th? leading roles are Virginia Jason Bobards, Robert O' Connor, and Noah Beery besides fifty-two supers who act the part ■ ef the castaways on the ■ Production of what the Sargasso!* assumed to look like is a monument to the pafeence. knowledge, and skill of the Producers deed, the entire production is a eredit to the new Hollywood .In action and in sound. - J- 0 n mMn y .are now at The Bristol Piano company,, \ wEere seats may be reserve^.