MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“CAPTAIN LASH” THIS EVENING “Captain Lash,” the newest Fox Film in which Victor McLaglen is starred wjell bring to the screen of the Majestic Theatre this evening a romantic drama in which Captain Flagg oi “What Price Glory?” gives another characterisation easily comparable tc that of the hard-boiled officer in Fox’s noted war picture. McLaglen has the title role in “Captain Lash.” He is to be seen as the fifth engineer of an ocean liner, a hardboiled seaman whose sobriquet comes from the fact that he drives his stokers with a figurative whip. Of an elemental type who has yet shrewd intelligence, he is drawn into a net of international mystery in which the leading figure is a girl of great beauty. Accustomed to women of an entirely different kind, as far as apparent refinement is concerned, Captain Lash sees Cora Nevins (Claire Windsor) board his vessel as it is about to leave the Australian port, Sydney. She is a new experience for him; he had not believed such a creature could exist. Unknown to him. however, the lovely passenger is involved in a scheme to obtain from a fellow-passenger some priceless jewels. How the gap between the promenade deck and the boiler-room is bridged to allow Captain Lash and Cora to meet; how she lures him into becoming a tool of a band of international crooks, and how, used as he is to solving all questions with his fists, he discovers there is at least one question which demands other treatment, make up the elements of a tense, thrilling yarn of the sea and great seaports, with its conclusion in Singapore. Claire Windsor never has had a leading role in which she has been able to present more of her charm and ability. The supporting cast includes Arthur Stone, Jane Winton, Clyde Cook, Jean Laverty, Frank Hagney, Albert Conti and Boris Cliarski. All are admirably fitted for their parts. Another excellent supporting programme wil be presented, which will include an Eve’s Review, a Majestic Magazine, a comedy, and another of those tuneful song films, “Songs of Ireland.” accompanied by special music from Mr. Wliiteford Waugh’s Majestic Orchestra. The stage presentation this evening will be “Shadowland,” a study of silhouettes.