MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 337, 24 April 1928, Page 17

MAJESTIC

A PROGRAMME OF GAIETY All that makes for gaiety and carefree amusement is presented in the sparkling programme now being offered at the Majestic Theatre. The management lias transferred to the screen and stage a delightful programme of the best procurable entertainment, which marks the culminating point in a long succession of light entertainment that has weekly intrigued audiences at the theatre. The chief feature is “Ladies Must Dress,” starring fascinating Virginia ; Valli and Lawrence Gray. Miss Valli, as a stenographer in a : big department store, acquits herself I most creditably in a very difficult role, j She gets innumerable laughs, as her I comedy is of the most delicious order but she also brings moisture to many eyes when she plumbs the depths of pathos. Lawrenre Gray is splendid in the male supporting role. Earle Foxe is “something different” in villains Nancy Carroll and Halam Cooley add many comical quirks to the action. The picture is sprightly, and the photography altogether charming. There are many beautiful shots of Miss Valli. In these, the close-ups have the peculiar beauty of the cameo. An outstanding supporting pictorial programme contains “The Low Necker,” a racecourse comedy featuring “men who are colonels and horses that are hard to handle.” “Ship Ahoy!” depicts the dangerous life of sailors on trans-Atlantic windjammers. Millions of mice perform wonderful mirthprovoking antics in an Aesop fable cartoon, and a Majestic Magazine, full of interesting items, completes the pictorial programme. A very popular stage interlude is that presented by two talented dancers, Lola Meigh and Gee. Miss Meigh is a particularly light and agile young dancer, full of grace and charm. The musical programme presented by Mr. Whiteford- Waugh and his Majestic Orchestra is an entertainment in itself. In addition to “Movie Patrol,” the stirring military march which opens the programme, a rather unique musical novelty, “The Jolly Musicians. ’ in which the musicians burst into peals of laughter at intervals, is also a feature of the programme.