MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 April 1932, Page 3

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT In reproducing the splendours of eighth century Bagdad on the screen, for the First National talking picture version of "Kismet," starring Otis Skinner, sereening to-day and tonight at the Majestic Theatre, one of the greatest problems with which the producers had to contend was that of supplying sufficient servants for the spectacular court and harem of the Caliph. The servant problem, the oldest that the housewife knows, was made most difficult in thi's ease by the variety of types required and the numbers which the magnitude and splendour of the settings required. The multitude of court attendants, ' attaches and guards which faithful reproduction of ancient Bagdad demands ran well over a thousand. For the outdoor scenes an entire quarter of Bagdad was reprodueed authentically from the best existing records, including the shops and bazaars for which this ancient crossroad of world trade was noted. Direetor John Francis Dillon states that theye is no article used by the ancients whether a necessity or a luxury, that could not have been found in the shops of his own Bagdad street, set up in California. "Kismet" was adapted from the famous stage success by Edward Knobloclc and presents Mr. Skinner in his first talking picture role.