THE MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 284, 21 February 1928, Page 14

THE MAJESTIC

“ADAM AND EVIL” TO-NIGHT A very successful laughter campaign is being carried out at the Majestic Theatre, where a sparkling entertainment is being presented. From the opening bars of the stirring introductory march by the Majestic Orchestra, one feels sure that a programme well out of the ordinary is to be screened. Then flashed on the sci'een is a New Zealand scenic, “Marlborough Sounds,” with beautiful pictures showing some of the Dominion’s finest scenery, and the holiday-maker’s attractions at this delightful place. The Majestic Magazine is of a very high standard and shows many interesting scenes, amongst which are motor-cycle jumping, pictures of Britain’s latest battleship, H.M.S. Nelson, and a disastrous New York fire, in which over 1,000 motor-cars were destroyed. For the special benefit of the lady patrons, who always show great interest in the Eve’s Review, is a short film showing some of the latest Parisian fashions. Then there is a special Auckland film, “Round the Bowling G.reens,” showing many bowling enthusiasts engrossed in their game. Many of the games are shown progressing at what appears to b© a miraculous speed—until one learns that the camera has speeded up their actions eight times normal speed. Last but not least on the supporting programme is a merry comedy,

“The Old Wallop,” featuring the youngsters of “Our Gang.” This merry little band of kiddies are shown having a wonderfully exciting and thrilling time up on a skyscraper which is in the course of erection. Then comes the chief pictorial attraction, “Adam and Evil,” a comedy about which can tSUthfully be said, “It is too good to be missed.” Lew Cody plays a philandering husband, and his own twin brother, in “Adam and Evil.”

Every time Lew gets into a corner and it looks like wifie has the goods on him, he becomes his own twin and manages to squeeze out of an untenable position.

For the first time in his screen career Cody is seen in a dual role. At the same time it might be added that Aileen Pringle makes her initial appearance in this vehicle as a comedienne. Also it is the first time that Lew and Aileen have appeared together in the same picture—with the exception of the time, some years ago, when Miss Pringle played a very small part in Rupert Hughes’s “Souls For Sale,” and Cody played the lead. Pic” (Slater) is rendered as the musical interlude, with the solo part in the capable hands of Mr. Frank Poore. The merry pictorial programme is further enhanced by the incidental music rendered, which includes “Star of Eve” from “Tannhauser” (Wagner), “Funeral March of a Bumble Bee” (Marsden), “Ballet of Flowers” (Op. 92, part 3), “Indian Summer Suite” (Lake), “Polona/fse” (Moussorgsky), and “Fiona” (Stephen Adams).