MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 373, 6 June 1928, Page 17

MAJESTIC

“DRESSED TO KILL”

“Dressed to Kill,” the greatest mystery story since “Raffles,” will have its final screening to-morrow night. Vice of to-day is of the gilded sort. The days of the underground dens, where crooks foregathered to do their plotting; the days of the tough citizens, who chewed off ears and belaboured their victims, have departed. All of this is emphasised in the ultramodern picture of the underworld “Dressed to Kill.” Edmund Mary Astor and Ben Bard play the leading roles.

Reno, the most marvellous exponent of the xylophone in Australia and New Zealand, will also been seen on the Majestic stage for the last time tomorrow, for on Friday commences one of the most outstanding productions screened for some time, “La Boheme,” the screen version of the famous opera, with Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in the leading roles. This much-heralded play, in which Miss Gish is seen in the tragic role of Mimi, famous wherever opera is loved, is one of the outstanding productions of the year from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, and Miss Gish’s interpretation of the role has created a furore in studios circles. King Vidor, who directed “The Big Parade,” directed the new picture, which was staged on a lavish scale. John Gilbert plays the leading male role as Rodolphe, the poet, with Renee Adoree as the sprightly Musetta. Others in the cast of Roy D’Arcy, Edward Everett Horton, Gino Corrado, Karl Dane, George Hassell, Eugene Rosita Marstini and others of note. A feature of the programme will be a special atmospheric prologue which precedes the screening of the photoplay. Miss Etta Feild, well-known in Auckland musical circles will be the soloist. Mr. J. Whiteford-Waugh and his Majestic Orchestra will present a special musical programme, and will accompany the film with the original musical score.

Princess Te Puea Herangi, who has organised the troupe of 17 Maori performers who are to appear at the Majestic Theatre on June 15, has a head that Gottfried Lindauer, the Bohemian painter whose portraits are in the possession of the citizens of Auckland, would have loved to paint. Strong, intelligent, and dignified, it personifies the charm of the old-time Maori intellectual and aristocrat. Princess Te P ;a is a leading member of the Maori Royal Family in the Waikato. She is des r from King Tawhiao, the second Waikato king.