MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 290, 2 August 1932, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT The philosopher who insists that all the world needs for a readjustment of its maladies is to laugh more, must have uttered that remark after seeing the A1 Woods stage success on which "Lonely Wives" is based. This is a picture for laughing purposes only. There is a cork- ' ing plot, and there are many hilarious situations. Every character is a masterpiece of mirth, while scintillating dialogue completes what will he hailed as the sereen's most perfect funfest. Maybe you think you know your comedy, but you haven't seen anything yet — not until you've sat through "Lonely Wives," which opens to-night at the Majestic Theatre. For this funfest begins where others leave off. Vision such a comedy riot that half the office workers around the studio stayed after work each night so they could see the daily "rushes" of the picture. The situations are there, the dialogue is I there, the merry scrambled plots are I there, and how the players are there ! I In assembling this cast Pathe has 1 achieved the apparently impossible. It has gathered together several players, each of whom is usually starred in his or her own right. Edward Everett Horton heads the cast. Esther Ralston, golden beauty of the screen and an able comedienne, will gather in thousands of fans everywhere. Laura La Plante, perhaps the outstanding ligbt comedienne of the screen, has an important role, while Patsy Ruth Miller's piquant talents are always a delight. Spencer Charters has proved himself a picture stealer second to none. Maude Eburne has stood for able character comedy for twenty7five years. Now imagino all these working together and you'll have some idea of the calibre of "Lonely Wives." Is this or isn't it a riot? To fool his prying mother-in-law and incidentally enable him to keep an appointment with a charming young client seeking a divorce, a prominent attorney induces a vaudeville impersonator to take his place for one evening|. Unfortunately that is the evening his wife selects to surprise him by an earlier return than was expected. Still more unfortunately, it develops that his young client is the wife of the vaudeville impersonator. The errant husband does not return until morning, and then he is closely trailed by the young client. The hilarious situation that results is probably the most riotous farce since the advent of talking pictures.