MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 15

MAJESTIC

LAUGHTER WEEK That the Auckland public has excellent taste in picture entertainment is eloquently, shown by the delighted and enthusiastic audiences who have been crowding the Majestic Theatre daily. So popular were the comedy programmes which have been shown for the last few weeks that the management is presenting another, ‘Laughter Week Encore.” A comedy-drama featuring a group of the most youthful players playing before the camera, “Rich But Honest,” is the chief pictorial attraction at the Majestic Theatre. Nancy Nash, Clifford Holland, and Charles Morton are In the triangle of love and laughter, and Marjorie Beebe and Ted McNamara are another pair of lovers »vho help furnish the fun and pathos in this picture.. The story is one of the best rpqtivated and logical of any comedy of recent months, and was written by Arthur Somers Roaehe, one of America’s foremost and favourite story-tellers. A strong programme supports the feature picture. One of the additional attractions is “The Maori Messiah,” showing Rua and his seven wives. Mr. RudalL Hayward, the well-known film producer, recently visited “The New Jerusalem” in the wild Urewera countyr, and procured photographs of Rua and his seven wives, the mission station, and. among other interesting items, a real wild tiama fight by two young Urewera bra/ves. Another surprise packet is the Majestic News, which contains an interesting series of Auckland events such as the Avondale races, the visit of the Imperial Airways Mission, and glimpses at the Auckland Zoo. Included is the Eve’s Review is a be.autiful coloured scenic, “Sunny Gibraltar.” Felix is shown in an extremely amusing cartoon. “Felix Eye Jinks,” and that charming little “big boy” appears in “Atta Boy,” a screamingly funny juvenile comedy. An excellent musical programme has been arranged by Mr. WhitefordWaugli. The Majestic’s new orchestra is rendering an orchestral novelty of sparkling orignality and humour. The orchestra mounts the stage, and against a magnificent background renders “The Southern Wedding” (Lotter). The bride is represented by the piccolo (Mr. Frank Poore), the groom by the trombone (Mr. Sly), and . the clergyman by the bassoon (Mr. Alec Stewart). Other musical gems included in the incidental music rendered are “Liebestraum” (Liszt), “Arabian Serenade” (Langey), “Legende Basque” (Maquarre), “Coppelia” Ballet (Delibes), “Serenade” (Drdla), “Manon” opera (Massenet), “Rustic Revels’ (Fletcher), and “Allegro Vivace” from “Symphony” (Schubert).