MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 924, 18 March 1930, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“HER PRIVATE LIFE” And now the talkies have taken up bridge. Several games of “auction” are seen and heard, chatter and all, In ' Her Private Life,” the First Xational- | Vitaphone picture starring Billie Love. ( which is now at the Majectic Theatre. The story is located in England and New York, and the English sequences show a bridge party in an Englisn castle. While no one trumps his partner's ace, and redoubling is done in the soft, modulated tones of the English nobility, bridge players will ne pleased to see and hear their favourite game on the screen. “Her Private Life” -was adapted from a famous stage play by Zoe Akins, and provides Miss Love with a highly dramatic role. Walter Pidgeon is Miss Love’s leading man, and the big cast includes Montagu Love, Roland Young, Thelma Todd, Zasu Pitts, Brandon Hurst, Mary Forbes, and many others. A fox hunt, made with vivid sound effects, is another feature of this alldialogue picture. Alexander Korda, who also directed Miss Dove in “The Yellow Lily,” “Adoration,” and “The X-ight Watch,” was the director for “Her Private Life.” Two very entertaining comedies, “Jed’s Vacation,” and “Weak but Willing” completed a very enjoyable programme. Incidental music is provided bv Mr. Whiteford Waugh’s Majestic Orchestra, and there is another interesting budget of English views. Gertrude Lawrence, who is starred in the Paramount picture. “The Battle of Paris,” coming to the Majestic Theatre on Thursday, is English. Her popularity in musical comedy has carved for her a special niche in - London and New York, and now she appears in pictures for the first time. This picture, while telling a story of the time of the war. does not give any of the horrors or battles despite the title. It tells of the “battle” that men on leave had in Paris for fun, excitement and gaiety that would make them forget the trenches. You will laugh at Charles Ruggles, who is featured with Miss Lawrence in this picture.