MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 689, 15 November 1933, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-DAY AND' TO-NIGHT. "The Ghost Train," which is now ' iat the Majestic is well known for it enjoyed fame as a stage play and novel. It concerns a gang of smugglers who take advantage of a local superstition to use a train to convey '•■smtiggled goods from one point to another. Many exciting events oecur before the smugglers are rounded up by the police, and the "ghost train" crashes into the river. Jack Hulbert, at the top of his form, appears as a happy-go-lucky detective who alone is responsible for his fellow passengers missing the right- conneetion. His irrepressible fooling is the most delightful part of the picture. His wife, Cicely Courtnidge, shares the comedy honours, while the remainder of the east handle the more serious roles very effectively. Waiter Forde, the director, has ignored the dramatic possibilities of the plot, iand has concentrated on the comedy iangle, so that the thrills of the melodramatic story serve only as spice to the hilarious comedy. His action is eompletely justified, for the picture provides exeellent entertainment of the comedy-thriller type.