MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 88, 4 December 1931, Page 6

MAJESTIC

TO-NIGHT Playing stellar roles in three hundred plays at one theatre — the Majestic in Los Angeles — is the unique record of Edward Everett Horton, famous stage and screen comedian, whose latest laujgh riot "Once A Gentleman" will be presented to-night at the Majestic Theatre for a twodays' run. Practically every play of importance produced in America has been seen at the Majestic, and Horton became Hollywood's most popular J stock actor. Horton has successfully alternated between stage and screen appearances, although he often remarks\. that he's ihe only actor who went to Hollywood to appear on ' the stage. Among his photoplay hits were "Ruggles of Red Gap," "Beggar on Horsebaek," "The Whole Town's Talkxng," and "Taxi, Taxi." His first talking picture was "The Terror." In "Once a Gentleman," Horton appears at his best in the role of a valet whose employer gives him a month off to play gentleman. Through ( mistaken -identity, he becomes a guest at a fashionable Long Island home, and a popular figure at his employer's club. He makes a fortune on a stock market tip, proposes marriage to the pretty housekeeper, loses his bankroll, and finally is shown up as an imposter. His employer rescues himi, and his adventure as a gentleman is over, but when he returns to his old post he does not go back alone. Brimful of novel situations, with a rapid fire succession of hearty laughs, smart dialogue and sumptuous settings, "Once a Gentleman," provides great entertainment for every member of the family. An all star cast, cluding Lois Wilson, King Baggot, Francis X. Bushman, Sr., George Fawcett, Evelyn Pierce, Gertrude Short and Charles Coleman has been gathered by James Cruze, who personally directed the film.