MAJESTIC THEATRE
TO -NIGHT. "The Sign of the Cross," which opens to-night at the Majestic Theatre is something more than in inspiring spectacle within itself. It ds proof of the faet that Cecil B. DeMille, master of this type of entertainnient in the silent days, can bend sound to his will, and produce a film of ever vaster proportions than in the past. It is . further proof of the everlasting appeal of entertairanent of a spectacular na-. ture, whether the audience happens to be in Ronie's Gircus Maximus or in the modern motion picture theatre. The telling of the film's strong story, morevoer, has been placed in the hands of an exceptionally talented cast. Frederic March scores as the Roman patrician, Marcus Superbus, who loves a Christian giirl; Elissa Landi is lovely a.s the Christian, Mercia; Claudette Colhert surpasses her every past performance as the wicked Empress Poppaea; Charles Laughton is no less than magnificent as Nero, and Vivian Tohin, Ian Keith, Joyzelle, Robert Manning, Ferdinand Gottschalk^ Harry Beresford, Arthur Hohl, Nat Pentdleton, Clarence Burton, Richard Alexander, William V. Mong, Tommy Conlon, Joe Bonomo and Harold Healy are excellent in supporting roles.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 519, 1 May 1933, Page 3
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