MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 357, 19 October 1932, Page 7

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT. After viewing Warner Baxter's latest Fox dramatic romance "Amateur Daddy," at the Majestic Theatre, •one is vividly impressed with the fact that the sereen has again returned to first principles, and wisely so. jWith a powerfully human story to tell, it tosses all screen triekery~to the winds, forgets all the so-called modern treat'ment of dra.ma, and unwinds its plot in a simple, realistic and straight-from-the-shoulder way and in a manner that grips one in the region of the heart. The story, delightfully combining the rugged beauty of California's pietorial outdoors with the simplicity and charm of its rural life, is unwoven around the unusual, whimsical 'romance of a bachelor who set out to adopt a family of waifs and found a wife. Warner Baxter, as the bache-lor-engineer, once more portrays the likeable, kind-hearted hnman type of American which has endeared him to the film fans of the world. Opposite Baxter, in a role that fits her retiring, modevfc, appealing personality as though Mildred Ci-am, author of the original novel, had tailored it for her, Marian Nixon fulfills the promise displayed by her in her recent emotional hit, "After To-mor-row." Rita LaRoy heads the large supporting cast of "Amateur Daddy/* which also includes William Pawley, David Landau, Clarence Wilson and Lucille Powers. The four featured children's roles in, the picture are played by Frankie Darro, Joan Breslaw, Gail Kornfeld and Joe Hachey.