MAJESTIC THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 15, 17 July 1929, Page 5

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

In "The tron Mask," which is tho current feature at the Majestic Theatre, Douglas Fairbanks embodies the romantic spirit of adventure and valour. Once more he is D'Artagnan, tho dashing hero of Alexander Dumas' stories of seventeenth century France, as he was sii years ago in bis first picturlsatlon of the adventures of the four faithful friends, "The Three Musketeers." The first part of the picture takes place during the reign of Louis XIII., when the four musketeers wield their swords in defence of their King and his infant son. The time of the second part is twenty years later during the early period or the regime of the young Louis XIV. D'Artagnau solves tile mystery of Hie man iv Uie iron mask, outwits the cardinal and his conspirators, restores the rightful Louis (o his Throne, and goes to his grave with the baton of the Marechal of France upon his breast. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are played by Leon Barv, Stanley J. Sandford, and Gino Corrado, ideal types for the swashbuckling young musketeers. Marguerite do la Motte is once more Constance, to whom D'Artaguan gives the only love of his life, as she was in the

"Tho Three Musketeer?." Tho treacherous Milady do Winter is played by Dorothy Revier. "The Iron Mask" is a sound synchronised film. A gazette and comedy are also screened, and Heno and Arta provide operatic numbers on a giant xylophone. Excellent music is also supplied by the orchestra under Mr. George Ell-