MAJESTIC TO-NIGHT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 93, 10 December 1931, Page 6

MAJESTIC TO-NIGHT

"Mr. Lemon of Orange," the Fox comedy showing at the Majestic Theatre to-night, is one of the funniest oictures of the year. E1 Brendel, famous Swedish dialect comedian, and Fifi Dorsay, vivacious French comedienne, have the starring roles and succeed in keeping the fun going from the first scene until the final fadeout. Brendel appears in a dual role in this picture, the first as the inoffensive toy clerk, "Mr. Lemon," and the other as the hard-boiled gang leader, "Silent McGee." The contrast in the two portrayals is very convincingly done, and Brendel proves that he really can act a straight part as well as do his usual Swedish characterisation to a queen's taste. Miss Dorsay shines as the night club singer and incidentally delivers a clever song to prove that she really can sing. "My Racket is You" has a rather catehy swing to it. Briefly, the ludicrous incidents arise from a case of mistaken identity— the toy clerk being in the neighbourhood of a hi-jacking and mistaken for the gang leader. During the hi-jacking, Dorsay's brother is killed and she swears to put McGee "on the spot." Others in the cast, including William Collier, Sr., Ruth Warren, Donald Dillaway and Joan Castle, acquit themselves in an excellent manner. John G. Blystone, the director, has turned out a picture that is fast in action and sparkling in comedy. It provides one of the biggest laughs ) of the year.