MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 277, 13 February 1928, Page 13

MAJESTIC

“ROMANCE” WITH RAMON NOVARRO A sparkling entertainment combining the best pictorial, musical and stage attractions is being presented at the Majestic Theatre this week. “The principal attraction, is “The Road to Romance,” starring Ramon Novarro. The film is an elaborate picturisation of Joseph Conrad’s famous sea story, “The Road to Romance,” and provides Novarro. in its swashbucking hero, one of the most colourful, fiery roles of his career. As the courageous youth of an aristocratic family, he sails from Madrid f6r Quba to rescue his cousin, Serafina, who is about to fall into the hands of Don Balthasar, a political rogue. It is in the days when piracy flourished upon the Caribbean and the West Indies were a hotbed of intrigue. He is captured by pirates, imprisoned escapes through the power of his quick wits and eventually finds the g-lrl. The two immediately fall in love and danger and thrills follows each other in breathtaking suspense. The picture is dramatic in the extreme and boasts a love story of unusual appeal. A special attraction is the appearance on the stage of Mr. Ernest McKinlay, the well-known tenor, who received such an ovation at the recent presentation of the Auckland “Messiah,” Mr. Ernest McKinlay, renders “Da Donna e Mobile,” and one of his wellknown Maori melodies, “Waiata Poi,” which is a popular number with all Aucklanders.

The Majestic Orchestra,- under the baton of Mr. Whi tei’ord-Waugh, seems to be more popular each -week, and this week they are delighting all by t'heir talented in “11 Guaramy” (Comez), which is presented as the overture. Amongst the many musical gems rendered are “The Ballet Suite,” (Vecsey), “Parsifal,” (Wagner), a clarinet solo by M. J. McGregor, “Romance for Clarinet,” (Boccalari), and “Dance of the Wood Nymphs,” (Kussner). Included in the interesting news items in the Majestic Magazine, are pictures of Mules leaving for India, Chorus .Girls training, scenes of Hawaii, Woodchopping at Sydney, Floods in New England, Leo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “living trade mark,” and last but not least, “Bull Fighting in France.” A feature of the popular Eve’s Review, is a beautiful colour scenic, “Grange-over-Sands,” (Lancashire).. Other notable views are those of the Rugby Wireless Towers, the well-known tower of Blackpool, modern buildings at Liverpool, and Pacific Sea Lions. Concluding a notable pictorial programme is “Prudence,” an excellent comedy in which Mr. Max Davidson the \Vellknown Jewish comedian appears.