MAJESTIC SATURDAY.
I DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME. 1 1 IIow much or how little does the j evidence in a murder trial infiuence the jury? j 1 What methods are used in the jury room to persuade jurors to change their verdicts? i i Who is responsible for jury I "leaks"? | How do jurors react toward each other after having been locked up togetlier for several days? j | Is the average juror sympathetic or vindictive towards heautiful women who shoot their husbands? Who malces the most reliable juror, man or woman? These and many other vital ques- , ' tions are answered in a graphic and j entertaining- manner in "Ladies of the Jury," a farce-drama starring Edna May Oliver which opens Saturday at the Majestic Theatre. : Director Lowell Sherman has fur- ' nished the show with perliaps thc- ! best rounded cast of the season. Twenty noted players, famous for comedy and dramatic ability, are to bo seen. Among the luminaries are Rosco Ates, stuttering printer of "Cimarron;" Ken Murray, Kitty Kelly, Guinn "Big- Boy" Williams, Kate Price, Cora Witherspoon and Lita Chevret. j Jill Esmond, charming star of the original stage cast of "Private Lives," Robert McWade of "Cimarron," Alan j Roscoe and Morgan Gallway are. ; other notables featured in the cast. SECOND FEATURE. A story of smart society intrigue | and romance, as seen by a social secretary , herself a former member 1 of society before the death of hor i father and the sudden collapse of his : fortime-, is vividly revealed in the drama, "Secrets of a Secretary" I which opens Saturday at the Majes- : tic Theatre. A story of power and vividness, "Secrets of a Secretary" j with Claudette Colbert in the title ' role, builds earefully through a series ; of startling situations, which reveal , the chocking truth about society life, to a climax that's at once thrilling and convincing. J The cast in addition to Miss Col- ^ bert, includcs the distinguished English actor, Herbert Marshall; Georges | , Metaxa, Mary Boland, Betty Law- ' ford and Ilug-h O' Connell.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 317, 2 September 1932, Page 3
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