MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 31, 7 February 1939, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“SERVICE DE LUXE” Comedy of an excellent standard is the feature of “Service De Luxe,” commencing to-day at the Majestic Theatre. The plot is sound, the cast outstanding, aaid the treatment a product of line direction. The Madison Service in New York does everything for its clients from tying a dress tie to buying steam rollers, and supplies working minds for those not possessed of them. Lost necklaces, decamped flappers, mislaid passports, and a host of other annoyances are dealt with expeditiously and satisfactorily; but it is not until a young man from the country arrives with plans for a three-way tractor that things start to move. He appears to be the one male out of captivity with a mind of his own, but when he meets and falls in love with the senior Madison partner (Constance Bennett) he is unconsciously drawn in the clutches of the service. Anyhow his tractor is placed, but there are plenty of complications, all of them funny before he gets what he wants. Constance Bennett, as the supreme dispenser of service, gives what is probably her brightest comedy role to date. Her partner, hard-boiled and wisecracking, is Helen Broderick, a bright article; one of her clients Charlie Ruggles, engineer turned cookery crank, burdened with a man-mad daughter (Joy Hodges); and Ruggles’ “chef supreme” is the delightful Mischa Auer, who, as usual, is a Russian prince in refuge. Constance Bennett’s male interest is Vincent Price, making a very capable cinema debut. “Marie Antoinette” As powerful and gripping a film as ever reached the screen, “Marie Antoinette,” which is showing on Friday at the Majestic Theatre, is the stirring story of a hapless woman who tried to find happiness in the dark days of . France. Norma Shearer gives a splendid performance as Marie Antoinette and is supported by Tyrone Power.