MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 417, 29 December 1932, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-NIGHT Audiences at the Majestic Theatre yesterday, when Metro-Goldwyn-May-er's new screen attraction, "Th'e Wet Parade" opened, -were shown a film that can be recommended as really one of the finest efforts of the talking and silent screen. The foregoing praise is not at all elaborate, for the picture has the xnost brilliant cast, deals with life as everybody sees it, and is superb entertainment. The story, as it unravels. upon the white sheet, covers three periods of American national history — pre-war, early prohibition, and then on to the present niodern life. The cast is headed by Dorothy Jordan, well remenibered for xnany appealing and delightful perforxnances, and Lewis Stone, who again brings to the screen the perfect ch-jracter-isation. Robert Young, who will be renxenibered for his role in "Madelon Claudet," advances along the road of public favour, whilst Waltar Huston's portrayal is the hest he has yet done. Jimmy ("Schnozzle") Durante, the extremely funny person with the huge nose, contributes a lion's share of the entertainmer.h of the fihu wit hhis fun, whilst John Miljan also scores another hit. Hyrna Loy and Wallace Ford do rnore than their share also, and yet there are even more. The story opens with the death of Roger Ghilcote, after a drinking bout, and his daughter vowing to be a devout supporter of prohibition, whilst in another town her brother is following in the father's footsteps. Sh'e comes to her brother to save him, and there rneets Kip Tarleton, in whom the girl also sees trouble caused through liquox*, and he confesses his father's failing. Tragedy strilces the Tarleton family, and Kip and the girl marry to combine against the evils of drink.How they finally emerge from all their troubles makes "The W'et Parade" a picture that has rarely been equallcd — and a picture all must see.