MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 613, 15 March 1929, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“A WOMAN REDEEMED” The new programme to be presented by the Majestic Theatre this evening includes two equally interesting fea-ture-length pictures, the first a British story of airplanes and secret service, and the second an hilarious comedy of a bicycle race in America. “A Woman Redeemed” is strong drama—adapted from the thrilling secret service story by F. Britten Austin entitled “The Fining Pot is for Silver.” The story is laid in Paris and London, and tells of a young English inventor who perfects plans for a powerful warplane. A secret foreign society, the head of which is a wealthy count, desires to secure the plans, and in a. novel way uses a charming English girl as the pawn in liis political game. Brian Ah erne, who is rapidly becoming one of the most popular of English screen actors, is seen as the young inventor, Joan Lockton is the English girl—fair haired and blue eyed—and Stella Arbenina is the woman who brings about the marriage of the English girl and the inventor. James Carew has an excellent character role as Count Andrassy, and others in the cast are Frank Denton, Robert English and Gordon Hopkirlt. Many novel camera angles and beautiful backgrounds are features of the production, the story of which is said to hold the interest of the spectator from start to finish. A craving for revenge on the part of the loser of his all in a poker game, an urge to get even that entails a trip across the continent, is one of the high and hilarious spots of "Homesick,” the second feature, a Fox Film featuring Sammy Cohen. It all starts in a pool room in New York where Cohen, flat as a pancake, financially, reads an advertisement inserted by a girl in California who wants a husband, but said husband-to-bo must have enough wherewithal to buy a chicken ranch. Likewise Sammy sees a poster advertising a transcontinental bicycle race from New York to Los Angeles, with a prize of i: 5,000 for the winner. ll© borrows a dollar and edges into a poker room in the rear of a pool hall. This poker session lasts two days and W\vo nights, sans interruption. Sammy emerges with enough to pay his entrance fee into the race and purchase a bicycle. The man ho “took” in the poker game. Harry Sweet, also enters the race and the feud is on hll the way across the continent. The riders encounter a cattle stampede, desert hardships and a forest lire, but nothing serious ever happens. It’s all hilarious fun with a chuckle ever 15 seconds and a roar every minute. 'Marjorie Beebe is the hus-band-seeking girl and Harry Sweet the rival and arch enemy. The new programme; will also include Majestic Magazane. and new musical selections by Wliiteford - Waugh's Majestic Orchestra.