“TIGER SHARK.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 740, 19 April 1933, Page 3

“TIGER SHARK.”

Sensational Film Booked for

Majestic.

Wallace Beery gives another of his orilliant characterisations in “Flesh,” a drama of the wrestling -world, which heads the current programme at the Majest4c Theatre. “Tiger Shark,” starring Edward G. Robinson, will begin on Monday at the Majeilic Theatre. “ * Tiger Shark,’ ” writes a critic, “ has everything—adventure, romance, powerful drama, comedy and the most sensational sea pictures that have yet been brought to the screen. Man-eating tiger sharks, elephantine tuna, killer whales and other man-eaters of the deep are seen in their native element. Whole schools of sharks are seen; murderous, light-ning-fast killers which devour everything in sight, including each other.” Not even his ” Little Caesar ” or his dynamic role in “ Letters of Fire ” brought out the superb acting talent of Edward G. Robinson, the star, as does his character of a Portuguese tuna boat captain in “ Tiger Shark.” Robinson, who can be a hundred different persons merely bv changing his facial expression, evidently found Captain Mike Mascarena a congenial role, for he has given it one of the finest interpretations any actor ever achieved. Tt is a new and better Robinson. “ Tiger Shark.” aside from it® thrilling and dangerous moments in the deep sea sequences, is one of ’lie most intriguing stories of the screen year. It was adapted from “ Tuna,” an original story by Houston Branch. and translated into screen terms by Wells Root. Tt is notable for the fact that the cast is really three persons—Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann. Box plans at The Bristol