MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 420, 3 January 1933, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME The selection of Frederic March for the leading male role in "Merrily We Go To'Hell," which ope.ned last night at the Majestic Theatre is not a casual choice of the casting office, report studio officials. The dramatic stature of Frederic March has increased materially in the eyes of the public in his latest films. "Strangers in Love" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." In these pictures he reached the heights of dramatic artistry. As Jerry, he has a part in "Mer•rily We Go To Hell," that is similar to the one he portrayed so effectively in "My Sin," with Tallulah Bankhead playing opposite him. Thus, again he plays the part of a tfuly lovable man beset with a craving for liquor, a habit that brings him to the verge of a domestic tragedy, in which Sylvia Sidney as his wife is his dramatic contra-foil. In "Merrily We Go To Hell," March for the first time co-stars with Sylvia Sidney. SECOND FEATURE The season's greatest screen novelty opened last night at the Majestic •Theatre.. This unusual picture was "Igloo," tlie Universal drama filmed in the frozen wastes of Northwestern Alaska, with a cast composed entirely of Eskimos. The film not only deals intimately with the home life of the natives, living in ice ' igloos during the terrible winters, but f ollows them in a great trek to the sea, where they are seen in exciting hunts fQr whale, walrus and polar bear. "Igloo," produced by Edward ■Small, was written and directed by Ewing- Scott, who spent seven months at desolate Point Barrow during the making of the picture, aceompanied 'only by a white. eameraman and a full •blooded Eskimo who had most aston•ishingly made his way down to Hollywood and who plays the leading role. This Eskimo, Chee-Ak, is said to qualify as a veritable Sheik of the North, being at least a head taller than any other native appearing in the picture. He is the Eskimo Clark Gable. "Igloo" in addition to its accurate and intimate character is the mosl exciting picture ever. made in th( Arctic.