MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 611, 13 March 1929, Page 15

MAJESTIC

A FULL PROGRAMME “A Daughter of Auckland” continues to delight the audiences at the Majestic Theatre this week. It is a most! amusing story, well, acted by Hildred Graham, Edward Armitage, Jack Read and Arthur Lord, and made all the more interesting by the familiar landmarks as background. “A Daughter of Auckland” is only one of the bright spots in the Majestic programme, which also includes a Fox variety, “Hew York To-day,” an “Our Gang” comedy, a Majestic Magazine, a piccolo solo by Mr. F. Poore and songs by Miss Madge Clague. Then there is "Prep and Pep,” one of tho most delightfully amusing comedy-dramas of youth that has ever come to the motion picture screens. The picture was directed by David Butler, and is a story of a cadet’s life in prep school. In tho featured roles are David Rollins and Nancy Drexel, who not only are good to look upon, but two of the most capable of the younger screen players. Their youth and keen sense of comedy values hold film fans through to the last foot of film. “Prep and Pep” is the story of Cyril Ileade, a boy who comes to school and who is supposed to live Lip to the athletic records of his illustrious father, Tiger Ileade. Cyril becomes the laughing stock of the school and especially of Flash Wells, the current athletic hero.

In Cyril’s darkest moments he finds he has a friend in the commandant and a sweetheart and admirer in his daughter, Dorothy. Cyril goes in for hard training to sustain his father’s standing and to beat Flash Wells. Cyril surprises fellow students when he emerges not only scholastically perfect but a 100 per cent, athlete, and the star member of the rough riders.

The next attraction at the Majestic will be “A Woman Redeemed,” to be shown on Thursday, a drama of a beautiful woman, a secret society, airplanes, murder and thrills in plenty.

A feature length comedy, “Homesick,” which will also be screened on Friday, comes here acclaimed as a most hilarious screen offering; in fact, one of the most entertaining comedies yet to come from the Fox Studios. Sammy Cohen, remembered for his great comedy work in “What Price Glory?” “The Gay Retreat,” “Plastered in Paris.” and other Fox comedy classics, is featured with Harry Sweet, Marjorie Beebe and other comedy brilliants in support, and the fun revolves around a transcontinental bicycle race and a feud between Cohen and Sweet which starts in New York and is continued intermittently, to the great joy of those who see the picture, all the way across the continent.

The usual complement of up-to-the-minute short features will accompany the headliner.