MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 994, 10 June 1930, Page 15

MAJESTIC

“HIT THE DECK” Eeerie, fantastic spring steps . . . primitive “snake’s hips” . . . lowly buck and wing ... jazz gymnastics . . . in fact, the entire routine of the terpsichorean art has its innings in Radio Pictures’ “Hit the Deck.” now showing at the Majestic Theatre. Pearl Eaton, RKO dance director, is largely responsible. Eight different sequences placed at vantage points, of the. film rates “Hit the Deck”, as the dance novelty of the season. The first dance stars Polly Walker, the nimble Follies beauty, in the “coffee shop” scene. Miss Walker also sings “Looloo,” supported by a dancing and singing chorus of 16 sailors. Jack Oakie is at his best in the next number, “Sez You—Sez Me,” in a stx'eet number with eight pretty girls. The elaborate “Shore Leave” number follows, utilising 24 girls, 24 men and all the principals. Then there’s “Hallelujah,” a sequence dealing with a negro spiritualist meeting. Eighteen negro girls and eight men participate in “Snake’s Hips,” a number .with a choral background of 100 negro voices. During the technicolour sequences aboard the battleship, Wallace MacDonald and June Clyde , pretty little Radio Pictures’ ingenue, combine to sing “Nothing Could be Sweeter,” supported by chorus and the three BroX sisters. A finish number features a galaxy of mermaids being dragged aboard by sailors —a unique dance in technicolour. .A brilliant supporting programme is also being shown at the Majestic.