MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 December 1931, Page 2

MAJESTIC

TO-NIGHT MATINEE AT 2 P.M. Brought to the theatregoing public j by Radio Pictures, Edna Ferber's epic ' "Cimarron," at the Majestic Theatre, j is even more powerful. than the great j story, read by millions in Ameriea, "Cimarron," the picture, is all that j is gripping in ' "Cimarron," the story. I Richard Dix, as Yancey Cravat, { seems to have walked right out of the pages of the book. Lon Yountis will never be really slain until you see .Dix do it, in the most poignant scene of talking picture history, the Osage gambling tent sermon episode. And those stupendous clashes of wills between Yancey and Sabra, as portrayed by Dix and Irene Dunhe, should make the original story more than an epic. It becomes an immortal reeord of those deep psychological diff erences between American mqn . and -women, out of which has aris^n the fundamental character of our nation. ; Spectacular scenes abound in this production, but they are a new kinfl. Through the wizardry of Wesley Ruggles jdirector, they transcend mere spect'acle and .become inspiring flashes which punctuate and make the production as realistic as early Oklahoma itself. . : j The stupendous land rush scenes, in which tho.usands of vehicles, animals and players appear, is presented in such an ingenious fashion that the spectator is apt to feel himself a part of this spectacular episode. i Standing clear and unfettered above all the artistic accomplishments of this production, however, is one great fact. For once, a motion picture producer has taken not a single dramatic license. "Cimarron" of the talking screen is Edna Ferber's "Cimarron," ( complete, truthful in every detail. '