SUBMARINE WARFARE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 183, 5 August 1933, Page 11

SUBMARINE WARFARE

“HELL BELOW” IS THRILLING. SEA EPIC AT MAJESTIC. “Hell Below.” which will be screened at the Majestic Theatre today, is an exceptionally thrilling story of submarine warfare. The story running through the film concerns a young wife whose husband has received a spine injury in the war, and of her meting and falling in love with a submarine officer belonging to her father’s ship The conflict of passions which begins on land is carried on under the sea. and is nearly as dramatic as the actual warfare. The submarine is operatig in the Adriatic Sea and engages in some highly exciting conflicts with aeroplanes, mine-layers and destroyers. Great skill and ingenuity have been used in taking the picture, which contains some of the most remarkable battle scenes yet filmed. There are some magnificent scenes when the ship is attacked by a squadron of aeroplanes, and later when it is pursued by a destrover, which forces it to the bottom of the sea by dropping depth charges. A climax is reached when an escape of chlorine gas occurs while the submarine is unable to rise to the surface. The main parts are ably taken by Robert Mongomcry, Walter Huston and Madge Evans, ‘ while Jimmy Durante gives a typical performance as a member of the crew. One of the mos 4 ; delightful episodes in the film occurs when he engages in a boxing match with a kangaroo.

Claimed to bo something in the nature of a veritable “laugh-riot,” the new film to be released initially at the Majestic Theatre next Friday. “A Lady’s Profession,” has brittle humour and infections laughter pervading the story as Alison Skipworth, in the role of a British lady, leaves the safety of her ancestral castle to solve the problems of an impoverished nobleman whe insists on leaping from scrape to scrape Roland Young is sure to be excellent ac the nobleman. Sari Maritza and Kent Taylor, the new Hollywood “find,’ piny the romantic leads, while the irre pressible comics, Roscoe X.aans and Warren Hymer. complete the laugh sextet. “A Lady's Profession” is said to bo one of those delightful comedies that the Film City does so well, full of quips and sallies from start to finish. Alison Skipworth showed her excellent comedy talents in such productions as

“The Sporting Widow.” Roland Young’s artistry has been seen in abundance on the local screen in recent months in “Love Me To-night,” “Wedding Rehearsal,” “Pleasure Cruise,” “They Just Had to Get Married,” etc. The beautiful Sari Maritza —born in China of an English father and a Viennese mother —has her first big Hollywood role with Herbert Marshall in “Evenings For Sale.” Afternoon Tea * The custom of taking afternoon tea on the set, brought to Hollywood by George Arliss and Ronald Colman and other English actors, has spread so extensively that on the Warner Bros. First National sets such purely U.S.A, actors and actresses as Joan Biondell, Warren William, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Aline MacMahon have afternoon tea every day promptly at 3.30, and now nobody can make them stop. In fact, the electricians, prop men, and camera crew are themselves thinking of having it served to them, too.