MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 283, 20 February 1928, Page 13

MAJESTIC

“ADAM AND EVIL” TO-NIGHT All that makes for gaiety and carefree amusement is presented in the programme now being screened at the Majestic Theatre. The management is presenting a delightful offering of pictorial and musical attractions. The Majestic laughter programmes are wellknown and are highly popular and the current entertainment seems to be no exception. Large audiences on Friday and Saturday nights responded wholeheartedly to the many bright episodes. The chief feature, “Adam and Evil,” co-starring Aileen Pringle and Lew Cody, has been described as “a veritable ‘paradise of laughter.” Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle make ideal team-mates for comedy and there is little doubt there will be a lot of genuine surprise on the part of picturegoers to learn that the sophisticated Aileen Pringle, who has always appeared in society dramas, bearing little relation to comedy, is a genuine comedienne of the first class.

The picture-going world has been used to the Pringle of “Three Weeks,”

“His Hour,” “Soul Mates” and other such productions, and there is probably not one picture-goer in a thousand who ever dreamed that Aileen could do comedy work like a veteran. It must be that Miss Pringle, off the screen, is somewhat of a comedienne. Otherwise no picturewise producer would ever have switched her from the niche, in which she was already established, to pioneer in co-starring comedy roles.

At any rate, Aileen proved that she is a comedienne, just as Lew Cody, some years ago, made an overnight switch from “heavy” roles to sophisticated comedy—and made a huge success of it. In the interesting supporting programme, the first on the list is an excellent Our Gang comedy, “The Old Wallop,” in which the merry little band of entertainers provide thrills and laughs without end. A special feature is “Round the Bowling Greens,” showing many of the well-known city business men engaged in their engrossing pastime. Many unique shots have been secured, the bowlers being shown in many characteristic bowling positions. The Majestic Magazine contains a variety of interesting scenes, the most notable of which are those of H.M.S. Nelson at sea, the latest Parisian fashions, striking photos of a large New York lire in which over 1,000 motor-cars were destroyed, and motor-cycle jumping. Concluding the programme is a scenic of the beautiful Marlborough Sounds. The music played by the Majestic Orchestra is equally as happy and pleasant as the screen offerings. At all times light and lilting it forms an admirable accompaniment fcr the presentation of the programme. The musical interlude, “Piccolo Pic,” is beautifully rendered by Mr. Frank Poore, who is accompanied by the Majestic Orchestra under the conductorship of their popular musical director, Mr. J. White-ford-Waugh.