STIRRING SEA DRAMA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 82, 6 April 1929, Page 15 (Supplement)

STIRRING SEA DRAMA

There is a breath of the sea and the lure of a tropical port in Columbia’s “After the .Storm ”. which is very shortly to bo released throughout New Zealand. The plot is given unusual treatment and furnishes delightful entertainment. Love, pathos, adventure, humour and thrills are blended in pleasing quantities so that tense moments are offset by scenes of lighter nature. The result of this treatment has a decided effect upon the audience by making the thrills more vivid and the humour more enjoyable. Hobart Bosworth gives a sterling performance and holds the interest through sheer force of his acting. In a series of cutbacks the star portrays the sea captain at various periods of his career ranging over a span of twenty-six years. Eugenie Gilbert has a duel role delineating both mother and daughter. The former was the sweetheart of the captain in his days and the latter has a romance with the captain’s son, a role assumed by Charles E. Delaney. George Kuwa portrays the Japanese cook aboard the schooner “Sampson.” He heightens the production with humorous touches which relievo the tension. Linda Lorado is pleasing as the Malay dancer. An outstanding piece of work is done by Maude George in the role of a woman of the beach. Her dying scene is an unusual bit of acting. For thrills there arc a storm at sea and on land, a daring rescue, of the hero and heroine from a coral reef, several spectacular fights in cafes at Singapore, and aboard the schooner 44 Sampson. ”