CRYSTAL PALACE AND ALEXANDRA

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 985, 30 May 1930, Page 17

CRYSTAL PALACE AND ALEXANDRA

The British-made talking picture, "Atlantic," has been attracting large •tnd appreciative audiences at both the Crystal Palace, Mount Eden, and Alexandra, Green Lane, Theatres. It is noticeable, but not at all remarkable, that Auckland audiences have been quick to realise that there is in their midst a talking film produced at Home that not °n]y competes with the American product, but leaves the Californian article many miles behind in the race for world-film supremacy. “Atlantic" is played by English actors tnd actresses who are a delight to watch and to listen to. It is adapted irom Ernest Raymond’s play, "The BerjEr,** and is based entirely upon the wreck of the Titanic. A more powerful theme could not l>e imagined, a theme that is at once powerful and emotional, and the drama increases Un til the climax is affected in a mad scramble for boat-room, or in the stolid heroism of those who are necessarily on the doomed vessel. The reproduction of the Titanic is an extraordinarv example of screencraft. and a great tribute must be paid to the producers tor the vivid way in which they have handled the lowering of boats, the manin which the h.tee crowd ha* been handled, and the isolated bits of human drama in which the story is very rich.