MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 386, 21 June 1928, Page 17

MAJESTIC

MAORIS’ BIG SUCCESS “The Latest From Paris,” and the brilliant supporting - programme which accompanies the photo-play, will have its final screening at the Majestic Theatre this evening. To-night will also see the final presentation of the most delightful and very popular programme presented by Princes Te Puea’s Maori Maids and Warriors, for to-morow another new and even more delightful programme —if one could be more interesting than the current programme—will be presented by this talented band of artists. It was at dawning, when leaving the shores of ancient Hawaiiki, that the noble assembly of chieftains who departed for Aotearoa in the canoe Tainui, prayed to Tawera, the morning star. These Maoris, dignified of mein, and of lineage proud, prayed, too, to Tangaroa, the mighty sea god, and to the God of the Wind, so that the seas might be stilled and calm. The canoes always left at dawn, and so did the Tainui, under the command of the chieftain Hotu-roa, the ancestor of Te Puea Herangi, chieftainess of Waikato, who is presenting her troupe of Maori Maids and Warriors at the Majestic Theatre nightly. This chant, sacred to the people of Waikato, forms part of her entertainment. “It is only because of my work that I allow these sacred chants, or karakias, as we call them, to be made public,” says the Princess Te Puea, who can trace her descent from seven of the most famous canoes that crossed from Hawaiiki. There are. indeed, few rangitiras in any part of Maoriland who can boast of such a family tree as Te Puea. the Maori Florence Nightingale, whose immediate object is the erection of a hospital for her people at Ngaruawahia. “The Divine Woman.” with Greta Garbo in the leading role, is the chief pictorial attraction. Miss Garbo has Lars Hanson as her leading man, while Lowell Sherman plays the role of the villainous theatrical impressario. Polly Moran is seen as a French laundress, while Dorothy Cumming has the part of a cocotte. Paulette Duval is an actress and Johnny Mack Brown an actor of a ' Parisian theatre. Cesare Gravina plays the part of a call boy on the stage and Jean de Briac is the stage director. Supporting the main picture is a Majestic Magazine, with many interesting scenes, the most notable of which are those of motor racing at Dayton, the Olympic Athletes’ Parade, an exceedingly interesting glimpse of a man swimming and eating under water, the Grand National meeting at Aintree, the King inspecting the Woolwich Arsenal, the famous rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge; and for our lady patrons, glimpses of Parisian fashions; a Lloyd Hamilton comedy, “Waiting,” and a Fox variety film. Mr. Whiteford-Waugh and his Majestic Orchestra will provide one of the most beautiful and most ambitious musical programmes yet presented by this talented combination of musicians. Among the many musical gems to be presented is a selection from “The “Liebeslied,” from “Walkure” (Wagner), “Habanera,” from “Carmen,” “Love’s Sweet Hour” (Otvas), selections from that old favourite, “Mari- ' tana,” and “Cavalleria Rusticana” and [“Because You Say Good-bye” (Levy).

Hidden panels, Chinese torture chambers, Oriental scheming. clutching hands, mysteriously hidden cupboards, queer happenings, are the ingredients of “The Silent ll#use,” the new play to be presented by Mauric Moscovitch and Company.