MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 858, 30 December 1929, Page 13

MAJESTIC

"THE ISLE OF LOST SHIPS” If dramatic climaxes and physical thrills can make your spine tingle and your hair stand on end, that is what will happen when you see “The Isle of Lost Ships,” at the Majestic Theatre. Starting right out on a big passenger liner with the hero, Jason Robards, handcuffed to a detective, Robert O’Connor, and bound for New York to stand trial for murder, it builds punch on punch. Of course Robards is really innocent. Virginia Valli is the heroine, and when the liner is wrecked —oh, certainly! that’s only one exciting incident!—she remembers the hero, who is handcuffed to his bunk. Ho saves her from drowning. He also saves the detective from the same fate. Then they drift on the shin into that mysterious region, the Sargossa Sea; and they strand on an unknown floating island of wreckage, neonled by derelict, grotesque humans who have survived other ocean disasters. . . , Here is where the principal villain, Noah Beery, comes in. Behind him is what is probably the most picturesciue and terrifying band of brokennosed, cauliflower-eared, hard-boiled gentry ever gathered for a picture. The heroine has to choose a busband right away. Such is thei custom of the lost colony. The hero fights to prevent this. Plots are hatched against him. Ho whips the villain. A submarine escape in the hail of bullets. Forgotten treasure of the Spanish main in the hands of a quaint little Cockney and a giant negro! And then there’s the stranding of the submarine below the surface, because of the seaweed; shootidg the hero out of a torpedo tube to fiee il. and many other hair-raismg adven--111 “The Isle of Lost Ships” is marvellous entertainment. The Imaginative plot, which certainly brushes the cobwebs of business worries and humdrum dstence from ones as you see it unfold on the screen, was devised by Crittenden Marriott. The picture is based on his novel “Tlie Isle of Head Ships. A full programme of supporting items is also presented, including music by Mr. TNTiiteford 1\ augli a orchestra. ye oldeTTlratl: shippe The unique cabaret, on Ye Olde Pirate Shippe at Milford Beach, will be the scene of a number o- liapp> dances this week, commencing with a special dance this evening. The “Night of Nights will be New Year's Eve, when the Old Year will be farewelled and the new one welcomed in a suitable manner. Danein«w will continue until 2 a.m., ana special ferry transport has been ar"Sn New Year’s Night also a big Race Night Gala will be held, when the Versatile Pirates Band will play as usual.