MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“TEA FOR THREE” An ideal programme of bright and varied entertainment” describes the excellent picture faro offered at the Majestic Theatre this week. The management is to be congratulated upon the high standard of programmes which are presented weekly at Auqkland’s most popular rendezvous. From tho moment the Majestic Orchestra strikes up . with the opening bars of a stirring military march, one feels certain that a programme of high a' t h, Ud l arU , la follow - The Majestic Theatre has always held the reputation ol having excellently good short film •subjects and this week is no excep-’ ltem of s P ecia l interest in Uus week s supporting programme is a short film entitled "Hew Zealand Views, which contains scenes of the international tennis matches at Wellnigton, tho “Rose Marie” Company at Khandallah Baths, Fifteenth Battery in action at Fort Dorset, the Maori regatta at Wanganui, and yachting on the Waitemata. Among the many scenes in the Majestic Magazine are scenes, of the Emperor of Japan reviewing the Japanese Army, an aquarium doctor, turtle-hunting, and whippet-racing. Everyone will delight in the beautiful scenic gem photographed in colour of “The Street of Yesterday,” Tonbridge, England. In the Eve s Review are scenes showing an invention of harnessing the tides, and a waltzing exhibition. The most lamous and most popular group of children in the whole world, Hal Roach’s “Our Gang,” a merry band of youngsters, will bo seen in “HeebeeJeebes, dealing with their adventures after coming in contact with an itinerant hypnotist. Tho kiddies give the audience a rough idea at least of the proper methods to be used in breaking up a hypnotist’s performance. Miss McKenzie Aitken, who is well known all over Scotland as an accomplished singer of Scottish folk songs, is appearing on the stage, and will render “The Banks of Allan Water” and “My Ain Folks.” Much enjoyment will be added to the programme by the specially selected programme of music rendered by J. Whiteford-Waugh’s Majestic Orchestra. Selections from the musical comedy, “Sunny,” will be rendered as the overture, whilst included in the incidental music rendered are “You’re In Love,” “Rose Marie,” “Kissing Time,” “Belle of New Y'ork,” “No, No, Nanette,” “Marriage Market,” “Blushing Bride,” and “Three Dream Dances” (Coleridge-Taylor). Then comes “Tea For Three,” with \ the screen’s most brilliant comedy

team, Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle. “Tea For Three” is a screen adaptation of the celebrated stage play of the same name, and tells of an insanely jealous husband who is put through a peppy and screamingly funny reformation by his

pretty young wife and a handsome family friend. Lew Cody associates his fine flaire for sophisticated comedy with the role of the husband, while Aileen Pringle is allurement itself as the young wife. The supporting cast of favourites, including Dorothy Sebastian, is headed by Owen Moore in the role of the family friend, and his legion of admirers will thank Owen for this bright part.

Atmospheric settings of the authentic type are a feature of the Fox production, “Mother Mach.ree,” the Irish drama, which will be released shortly. John Ford, who made “Three Bad Men” and other successes, took his camera staff to the Green Isle for exterior scenes. Shots were taken of Dublin, and the company then toured the West Coast and rural districts of Ireland, where beauty spots of great interest lent addeci enchantment to the story. Abbeys and ancient castles, quaint rustic nooks, rivers and waterfalls of entrancing beauty, were recorded for the screen by the photographers, while the Irish peasants themselves, although totally ignorant of motion picture proceedings, helped the company to accomplish great things.