MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 520, 2 May 1933, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO'-NIGHT. Cecil B. DeMjlle's magnificent spectacle, "The Sign of the Gross," hegan -it3 local engagement last night at the ' Majestie Theatre, and, if the response of the audience means ianything, surpassed all expectations. Spectacle on a monumental scale, including a whole panoramic picture of Rome under the reign of Nero; a dynamic story of elemental events crowded dnto the space of 48 hours; a series of performance3 of sheer brillia.nce! It is no wonder that audiences here, as well as all over th'e country, are eheering DeMille's achievement. The spectacular type of film such as DeMille himself made famous in the silent days, is one "of the screen's finest contributions to entertainment. •No other rpedium has the scope and variety of the camera. Now with theaddition of sound, the great director has heen ahle to surpass all his .past efforts. "The Sign of the Gross" is first and foremost a spectacle of pagan Rome, reaching its fullest expression in a Roman holiday at the Circus Maximus, where the gladatorial contests and all the brutal games that delighted Nero served as a prelude to the sacrifice of the Ghristians to the lions. But is also a dramatic story of Christion persecution, and a tenderly beautiful love story of a Christian girl and a Roman patrician, whose roles are played with rare beauty hy Elissa