MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 480, 9 October 1928, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“DIAMOND HANDCUFFS” This week ac the Majestic Theatre a programme will be presented which is incomparable for its musical and pictorial attractions. There is not only a delightful pictorial programme and a high-class musical programme of incidental music by Mr. Whiteford Waugh’s Majestic Orchestra, but also a beautiful musical attraction. “Diamond Handcuffs” is the chief pictorial attraction. It has been called an underworld drama because the underworld predominates; in reality it is three plays in one: a drama of Africa, of society, and of gangster life. The connecting link is a great diamond, which, found in the mines, is stolen for a woman’s love, and from then .on spreads its sinister web in all walks of life. Intrigue, theft, love, deceit, all circle around the glittering stone in a type of story startlingly new to the screen. There are many stirring scenes of dramatic power depicting the loves, hates and jealousies of gangsters, as well as other sequences portraying society life and life in a diamond min© in Africa. The Majestic News, with the latest topical “shots,” a delightful Eve’s Review which the latest Parisian fashions, an enchanting English scenic of Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, a merry Aesop Carton, “On the lice,” and an Our Gang comedy, are the attractions on the supporting pictorial programme. Then comes the attraction of the evening for music lovers. That is th© presentation of Mendelssohn's “Concerto in G Minor.” Miss Lillian Quinn, the talented pianist of the Majestic Orchestra, takes the solo part, and is accompanied by the orchestra. Again the artistry and talent of this musical combination are amply proved, for the interlude far surpasses anything they have presented before. “SMART SET” AT CAPITOL As Tommy Van Buren, a gilded and audacious male flower of modern aristocracy, William Haines introduces polo to movie-goers in “The Smart Set.” now at the Capitol Theatre. Of course, ho also introduces an exceptionally pretty girl, who hates his conceit and cheek, but who is overjoyed to promise to be his only—always—at the end of a stirring, actionpacked story in which a dash of drama adds to the unflagging interest. Abundant thrills, colourful scenes, and many laughable glimpses into the ways of the sporting set as inimitably portrayed by Haines, make “The Smart Set” one of the best pictures of this year. “The Good-bye Iviss,” a first-class full-length comedy by Mack Sennett, will also be shown.