ENTERTAINMENTS.
MAJESTIC THEATRE. , A story that will live for ever, written by one of England’s greatest authors, Charles Dickens, has been transplanted to the screen. It Is “Great Expectations,” of which Universal has made a great entertainment. It will be shown finally t-o-night at the Majestic Theatre, with one of the most distinguished casts ever assembled for a film, featuring Henry Hull,. Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed, Alan Hale, George Breakston, Jackie Searl, Francis L. Sullivan, and many others. Although written almost a century ago, the problems A nd emo “ tions that beset the principal characters differ very little from such people of tp-day. A young boy, reared in poverty and with no education, is brought up “by hand” and through a series of most unusual circumstances is mysteriously befriended by an .escaped convict, whom he had unwittingly helped. From that point on m the story the lad is brought up as a ‘ gentleman of great expectations, on y to become enmeshed in tragedy an disappointment through his and loyalty to his benefactor. H© SU *J vives it all and the ending is a happy one.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 177, 10 May 1935, Page 2
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