MAJESTIC
TO-NIGHT
For screamingly funny situations, Radio Pictures' farce, "Hook, Line md Sinker," co-featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert- Woolsey at the ilajestic Theatre, is the season's masterpiece. ' It is a ."straight" comedy^even fr.nner than "The ' Cuckoos," and "Half Shot At ' Sunrise." It l'fts these comedy kings into a class hy themselves, specialists in comedy, both high and low. They are at their best at clowning, anct they are also at their hest when genuine dramatic artistry is re'quired. . The story starts with a roar and gains in momentum, which never uack -is' speed nor volume. The boys start oTfc as ihsura lce salesmen . . . politely sieal a whole railroad train . . . but'; i 1 on the affairs of - a beautiful givl . . . iake over the hotel she has :nter:tel . . . fill it with society- dowagers and their jewels ind Uun, when publicity brings all Jie crooks in ■ creation into the hotel, the plot begins in earnast.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19311123.2.7.1
Bibliographic details
Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 November 1931, Page 2
Word Count
152MAJESTIC Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 November 1931, Page 2
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in