MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 587, 19 July 1933, Page 2

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT. With an ancient castle in Wales for a model, one of the most impressive and authentie motion picture sets ever constrUcted arose at Universal City j for the filming of "The Old Dark } House," UiiiversaTs straiigely fascin. j ating drama of midnight madness Which is now at the Majestic Theatre'. 1 Turnlng back the hands of time two ' hundred years, Charles D. Hall, the distinguished art director of "All Quiet on the Western .Front" and "Frahkenstein," reproduced in detail ■the interior Gothic halls aiid vaulted ceilings of the fgrim dwelling wherein five travellers, as the strange story goes, seek refuge from, a storm only to encounter a night of horrors with the insane inhabitants. In keeping with the mood of the weird drama, the cavernous house is grotesquely appointed with igrimacing gargoyles 'and faded tapestries. When these scenes were properly lighted, they wei'e' positively spine-tingling in their quaiity. Whale is a master of light and shadow, as "Frankenstein" dis- j closed. i Memhers of the cast featured in the exciting film who had travelled through Wales, complimented Hall upon his achievement of realistic re- ' production. Whale was delighted with the sets.