“THE PAST OF MARY HOLMES.”

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 704, 2 December 1933, Page 2

“THE PAST OF MARY HOLMES.”

A reporter creating a story for the sake of a sensational scoop, a pl'osecutor "pla.ying politics" and a mother J greedy for personality doom an inno- I cent boy to the electric chair in "The Past of Mary Holmes," which opens

at the Majestic Theatre on Thursday taext. Hcden MlacKellar, a stage favouri'te for years, gives a perfpmrance of great depth and feeling ias Mary Holmes. Eric Linden gives a fine parfortaance of the boy bewildered by his mothers' unnatural attitude. Jean Arithur is sweet as the girl, Richai'd "Skeets" . Gallagher is indefatigable . as the. reporter and ofher gpod.,performances are given by Ivan .Simpson, Claiy Cleanenb and J. Carroi Naish. "EVENINGS FOR SALE." "Eve'nings for - Sale," a Paramount picture s which opens on Saturday at the Majestic Theatre, is a romdntic Comedy of post-Waf Vienna, with Herbert Marshall, phenomenal . star pf "Trouble in Paradise, " in the role of an inipoverished nohleman, and Sari 1 Maritza as the very charming daugh- ! ter of a bourgeous merchant. . - .The film is a charming and delightful pieee pf entertainment, distinguished by its cast and by jits. brilliant direction at the hand of Stuart

Walker. It is not to be missed. "THE LAWYER'S SECRET." Drama, nedther stark nor terrifyj ing, but intensely real, human and emotionally exciting, opens at the Grand Theatre on Mjonday. It is contained in Paramount's "The Lawyer's Secret," in which a'n excellent and all-star cast, headed. by Clive Brook, Charles Rogers, and Richard Arlen, brings to life: a tense complication of m'odern-day living. This picture is also significant as ; an introduction to serious drama of j the popular juvenile, Charles Rogers. ' Xfc marks the first time Rogers has had an opportunity to display his real dramatic ability on the talking screen.