MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 666, 19 October 1933, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-NIGHT. The treasured orieoital love story, "Madanre Butterfly," modernised and made inito a picture with a background of baaiutiful music from Puccini's opera, 'and a casit headed by Sylvia Sidney, Cary Crant and Charlie Rugigles, opened last night at the M'ajestie Theatre. The istory by John Luther Long and the play by David Belasco have both heenl hrought up to date in the process of filming. B.P. Schulberg, who produced the picture, and Gering, who. directed, never.theless took pains to retain the spirit of the o.riginal. Siss Sidney, her dark eyes and eya- . bi'ows slanted, her hair lacquered, her figure draped dn colourful oriental costumes, plays the role of Oho-Cho-San, the demure Japianese maiden wooed by the young American naval oificer stationed in the city in which she lives; Cary Grant, husky, virile Englishman who ds treading Holly- ' wood's path to. stardom, plays the lat.ter role. The two fall in love; they are married in accordance with Japanese law, ' after the officer discovers that the law provides for automatic divorc© when hushand leaves wiife, and decides that he can go through with the ceremony under such circumstances. Their married life is brief but blissful. For ultimately Grant is transferred back to the United States. But wih'en the time comes for him to say good-bye, and to tell Cho-Cho- ' San that she is no longer his wife, he iacks the courage. Instead he promises to retum when "the robins nest again." He doies return, but it is under entirely different circumstances — circumstances which bring the picture to a touching wiistful climax.