MAJESTIC
“THE MAGIC FLAME” Excellent entertainment is being offered to Majestic patrons, in the form of a sparkling entertainment headed bv the world’s renowned screen lovers, Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman in “The Magic Flame.” The action of the story occurs in a Mediterranean country, Baretti’s circus furnishing the background against which Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman make love. It is when Oolman, the clown, has triumphed over Colman, the count, that the locale is switched to the Royal Court, with the clown accepted on all hands as King of Illyria. When Vilma Banky arrives at the court to avenge the murder of her lover, the clown, she does not suspect the true identity of the monarch. It is with the disentanglement of this tense situation that, the plot thereafter is concerned. Gustave von Seyffertitz, who will he remembered as the Grimes of Mary Pickford’s "Sparrows,” appears in the court sequences as the' chancellor. Others in the cast are Augustino Borgato, who supported Duse on the stage; Harvey Clarke, a descendant of Henrv Wadsworth Longfellow; Shirley Palmer, newest Samuel Goldwyn discovery; Cosco Kyrle Bellew and George Davis. A musical programme of the high- - est quality is presented by Mr. White-ford-Waugh and his talented Majestic Orchestra. A sympathetic and care-fully-selected list of numbers harmonise to perfection with the beauty of the photoplay. During the supporting items excerpts from the musical comedy "Irene” are rendered as only this musical combination can. A delightful and cleverly presented ballet is “Harlequin and Columbine,” -with Miss Bettina Edwards as the solo dancer, and with six talented maidens also appearing with Ifer. The supporting programme is composed of the popular Majestic Magazine, with the latest topical budgets and world news, among which are notable scenes of snowstorms and floods in England, scenes of the Niagara Falls as they appear in winter, and bull-fighting in Spain. A verynovel film is -Tiger Beetles,” a nature film showing the development of the tiger beetle from larva to predatory beetle. Last, but not least, is a rollicking comedy, “Scared Stiff,” starring Clyde Cook.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 308, 20 March 1928, Page 15
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343MAJESTIC Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 308, 20 March 1928, Page 15
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