MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 473, 1 October 1928, Page 15

MAJESTIC

BIG COMEDY PROGRAMME A most successful Laughter Campaign is being carried out at the Majestic Theatre this week. The whole programme is bright and varied, with not on© dull moment from the opening bars of the bright introductory march to the final scene of the picture. Each film is delightfully different, and one }® a sparkling attraction. Hi Were Single,” a merry comedvdrama, is the chief pictorial attraction. A harmless little cigarette lighter ignites the flares of jealousy in “If I Were Single,” which stars May MeAvoy and Conrad Nagel. The flame f 5? W3 j« t 0 a gigantic blaze when the wxfo discovers that husband lias not only given her gift to him, the costly cigarette lighter, to her jest girlbut. he is carrying on a bold flirtation with the charmer, portrayed by Myrna Loy. MisunderstandIng and circumstantial evidence, which occupy ring-side seats at almost every marital argument, smile and applaud with glee as the complications pile up. May McAvoy is charming as the wife who thinks she is being “two-timed.” and Conrad Nagel has never had a better opportunity to exercise his finished comedy talents.

First in importance on the supporting programme is the highly popular Majestic News—the screen newspaper —which contains many interesting news items, the most notable being wonderful views of the Nobile polar expedition, the Grey Guards’ Parade, and Chinese fleeing during the Japanese invasion.

Another big attraction is “The Favourite Wife,” an hilarious Van Bibber comedy, concerning the adventures of a newly-married couple. “Lords of the Back Fence,” a study in cats, is a novelty worthy of high praise. Plain, ordinary, garden cats, the tabby, the beautiful Persian, the Angora—in fact, every breed of cat is shown. The climax to a very interesting and highly amusing film is a spirited boxing match between two handsome tabby cats. A gloriously staged musical interlude, “Gems from the Bohemian Girl,” is sung exquisitely by Miss Christina Ormiston an<j the Majestic Male Quartet. Tho charming singing of the quartet and the beautiful soprano voice of Miss Ormiston do much to enhance the beauty of this notable programme. Under the conductorship of Mr. Whiteford Waugh, the popular Majestic Orchestra plays a 'beautiful musical programme. “A Day in Naples” (Byng) is the orchestral interlude, and included in the incidental music are such numbers as selections from “A Little Dutch Girl” and “Belle of Brittany,” “Ballet Egyptian” (Lougini). “Beggar’s Opera” (Austin), “Celtic Rhapsody” (Jenkins), and three latest fox-trots, “So Tired,” “Bohemia” and “Rosette Waltz.”