MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 381, 17 November 1932, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-NIGHT. Thrills of the racetrack, intimate details of the "inside" of the racirig game, and an expose of croolced gambling methods are woven into an engrossing and sometimes spectacular background for "Sporting- Blood," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmisation of the Saturday Evening Post story, "Horesflesh by Federick Hazlitt Brennan. The picture opens to-night at the Majestic Theatre. The central theme is a love romance and the story follows the fortunes and career of a raeeh'orse only to show the confiictmg human elements. The original story was adhered to.in a clever manner, the picture still preserving all the interest that screen technique can give. Clark Gable, who recently leaped to prominence with his work in "The Secret Six," "A Free Soul," and other picturss, and Madge Evans, the deleetable heroine of "Son of India," play the central love roles. Gable as a gambler and Miss Evans as a feminine racetrack follower find love and regeneration amid the thrilling tangle of plot and counterplot in the world of chance. Gable gives a wonderful performance as iRiddell and Miss Evans, aside from be"ing beautiful, is a clever little actre'ss. Ernest Torrence gives a convincing character study as Rellence, owner of the racehorse farm, and Lew Cody, as Scanlan, the gambling magnate, has a part that borders on the "heavy," but makes him a most engaging type of villain. Other characters are equally well 'cast: Marie Provost for comedy as the ex-Follies beauty, Harry Holman as Hartwick, the Chicago magnate with' a penchant for the ponies, J. Farrell McDonald as the trainer, and Hallam Cooley. Authentic 'tseenes filmed in Kentucky at the Lexington track and paddocks and on several famous horse farms in the blue grass district, give interesting touches. The thrills of the Kentucky Derby are filmed with graphic skill, many well known jockeys and horses appearing in these sequences of the swiftly moving drama.