MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 390, 26 June 1928, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“THE DIVINE WOMAN” That the programme at the Majestic Theatre is proving very popular with the theatre’s patrons is amply shown by the delighted and enthusiastic crowds which come to the theatre nightly, to view the second wonderful programme presented by Princess Te Puea’s Merry Maids and Warriors, and the attractive pictorial programme which accompanies their performance. It was Tawhiao, the second Maori King, who refused a Government pension and a seat in the Legislative Council, preferring his Maori title, however hollow it might have been, who said that a mokopuna of his would arise in the land. This mokopuna, or descendant, said the great chieftain in one of those sayings forever treasured by his people, would re-establish Ngaruawahia as a place of importance. By settling her people in a model village, under ideal conditions, Princess Te Puea Herangi, the granddaughter of the old king, has fulfilled a wish very close to her true Maori heart. This Ngaruawahia land is sacred to the tribe of Ngati-Mahuta, the Tribe Royal. True, Te Puea has only 10 acres, and it is insufficient for the requirements of her people. But she has also fulfilled a wish of her distinguished ancestor, who possessed the same courage and will-power as -herself. In order to complete the hospital which she is erecting for her Waikato people at Ngaruawahia, Princess Te Puea and her Maori Maids, a combination of 17 talented performers, is appearing nightly at the Majestic Theatre. “T he Divine Woman,” starring Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson, is the chief pictorial attraction. “The Divine Woman” is Dorothy Farnum’s screen adaptation of “Starlight” and concerns the loves of a young French girl suddenly elevated from the Montmartre to a great Parisian theatrical star and mistress or tfte impresario. Lowell Sherman is seen in the role of M. Legrande of the Theatre Legrande, and gives one of the greatest performances he has ever offered on stage or screen. A beautiful musical programme is provided by Mr. Whiteford-Waugh and his Majestic Orchestra, which plays a musical score specially arranged by Mr. Whiteford-Waugh for his orchestra. •