MAJESTIC.

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 4, 27 August 1931, Page 5

MAJESTIC.

INIGHT: MATINEE FRIDAY. ■e wide world has been a checker K in the adventurous career of Kr McLaglen — Farm Hand, Fight■ife Guard, Wrestler, Gold Miner, ■er and Medicine Man — who has Ight to his film portrayals the Ey that only nctual experience ■give. In "Hot for Paris;" Fox ■etone laughing, all talking piciscreening to-night at the MajesKheatre, "Vic" has a rugged, riotirole as first mate of a windjamI plying between Australia and ■ce. With E1 Brendel as a budBlcLaglen sets out for a hot time laree, where he loses his heart to Iquant French enchantress, porfed by Fifi Dorsay. fcrn in London, McLaglen spent feoyhood in South Africa, where lather was a bishop. Victor, then iteen, wanted to join the. army, |his family prevented him from llling his itnention. His kaleido|ic series of adventures began in iest when he fled to London and Ime a member of the Life Guards. Iiderlust next sent the youngster Eanada, where pitching hay and ling cows, exchanging blows in jprize ring, medicine shows, min[silver and wrestling all comers raudeville constituted a life that ft men wonld rate as colourf ul, but Laglen pulled up stakes and startKouth. tawaii, the Fiji Islands, Tahiti and itralia contributed their qnota of Itement. Ceylon and Bombay koned and he was on his way. rn came the war; as a lieutenant ihe Royal Fusiliers, McLaglen was t to Mesopotamia. After facing ks and Arabs he received a capicy. Later he was made provost ishall of Bagdad. jack to England after the world :, his next move was as an actor "The Glorious Adventure." His

success in this picture led him to Hollywood, where he appeared in many Fox; films, and finally won fame for his eharacterisations of "Flagg" in "What Price Glory," and "The Cock-eyed World." Now he wanders only on the. screen. In "Hot for Paris," which was written and directed by Raoul Walsh, McLaglen is featured with Fifi Dorsay, E1 Brendel and Polly Moran. A special set of shorts will be screened, including a thrilling wrestling match, Ebert versus Pasha. \