MAJESTIC TODAY AND TONIGHT.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 38, 7 October 1931, Page 4

MAJESTIC TODAY AND TONIGHT.

One of the most glorious picture entertainments it has ever been this reviewer's privilege to see was flashed on the screen at the Majestic Theatre. It is Called "Hell's Angels" an'd it's the film that Producer-Direc-tor Howard Hughes took tliree years to make at a cost of £800,000. But the magnitude, the spectacle, the grandeur of this breath-taking air drama, with its eountless droriing planes, mighty Zepp'elins and stirring sky conflicts more than justifies everything that has been put into it. It had last," night's audience gasping for breath when it was all over. As an achievement it is doubtful whether it will ever have an equal; ag^a-jdra-matic accouht of the aviafors' pal't in the war it tells the story on such a grandiose scale that all future pictures of this sort can be but feeble anti-climaxes. Never have there been such thrills as those provided by the sensational stunts of the flying circus. There is no question but that the aviators were risking life continually as were the cameramen who, besides catehing remarkable long shots and close-ups, of the amazing air encounters have contributed a magnificent piece of photography as well. The Zeppelin raid, the daring dog-fights, the crack-ups, the head~on collisions ahd the 10,000 foot plunges to earth are reproduc'ed so vividly as to make you forget it is a picture. There were no miniature or f ake shots used in these sequences. Everything is genuine. Many of the best known war aces piloted the different planes. Three men were killed. and a cameraman expired as a result of the terrfic nerve tension under which he was working. Jean Harlow, who plays the leading feminine role in "Hell's Angels," opposite Ben Lyon and James Hall, became a star overnight as a result of her performance in this picture, which marks ner inaugural appearance on the screen. Her performance was so vivid and realistic that a nationally known dramatic eritie declared she was "the most sensuous personality that has ever graced the screen."