MAJESTIC THEATRE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20114, 7 December 1939, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

LAST DAY : ‘ THE LADY AND THE MOD.” and “FIRST OFFENDERS.” Roars oi' laughter greeted the actioncomedy, ‘ The Lady and the Mob,” at both sessions at the Majestic Theatre yesterday. It is a most original and hilarious ebrnedy and it also has its thrilling moments. Fay Bainler gives a wonderful performance as the lady who muscles in on the gangsters just to clean them up. The second feature is a powerful anti-crime drama, "First Offenders.” The programme •\Vill be screened finally to-night. To-morrow : Tamiroff in “The Magnified)! Fraud," and “Pardon Our Nerve.” Is (he dictator dead? That burning, 'provocative question arises in the course of the new Paramount drama, "The Magnificent Fraud.” which opens to-morrow at the Majestic Theatre, because Akim TamirolT, in the’role of dietntor-nctbr, has been placed at the head of a government: of a mythical Smith American country by Lloyd Nolan, who is cast as an adventurous, reckless, romantic American —the man behind the dictator! Nolan makes this bold move because the real dictator of the country has been assassinated in a bombing, and Nolan realises that the country will not get the big loan

needed to put it on its feet unless the dictator is believed to be alive. That grand actress, Mary Boland, is present as the ex-friend of the dictator, and Patricia Morison adds romantic interest, cast opposite Lloyd Nolan. George Zucco plays the role of an honest statesman, while (he supporting cast includes Steffi Duna as a fiery dancer, and Ernest Cossart as a French detective. Robert Florey directed from a screenplay by Gilbert Gabriel and Walter Ferris. Lynn Bari and June Gale say that rr-girl must live, and, if possible, live very well, and they set about to prove it in ‘‘Pardon Our Nerve.” the second feature. The film finds the girls as two hungry little workers in search of prosperity. They are sent horseback riding by the Elite Escort Service. The patron happens to be the light-heavyweight champion of the world and the girls make a bad impression. The horses run away and the picture opens with a dying start. To tell of all that happens from here to the end of the film —how they meet Guinn Williams, manage his fights in the ring, tie-up with Michael Whalen and run foul of Edward Brophy—would require too much space and do no justice to the film. But there is slackening in the lively pace until the story ends amid laughter and romance. “Oregon Trail” will be screened on Friday and Saturday, and “The Lone Ranger,” a new serial, will commence next Monday.