MAJESTIC THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 152, 29 June 1935, Page 7

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

"NIGHT LIFE OF THE GODS." '

. One of the most imaginative and I lustiest writers of this-generation was Thome Smith, author of "Night Life of the Gods" which has been made into the most hilariously funny feature of the year, perhaps for all years. A contemporary says of him: "He's the American Rabelais. He's^the maddest wag in bookdom. ■ He's more American than Wodehouse but not nearly so polite/ The things he does with his characters! The things they say! What would happen in the modern, mad world of today, were the ancient»Greek goda and goddesses suddenly to come to life and descend in our midst? Can they "take it" or would they wish they were back on good old1 Mount Olympus, nectaring away in the sunny hills and dales? Never before has anything like this been seen on the screen. it's mad, insane, and crazy, but it's a riot of laughs from start to finish. Wait until you see Venus with arms! Apollo making love to modern flappers! Mercury chasing blondes down Broadway, and Diana shooting quail in Central Park! And this is but a small part of the riotous, hilarious situations in this amazing picture. A young and eccentric scientist discovers a formula with which he has the power, to turn statues into human beings, and vice versa. From there on the fun begins. It's one of the merriest, maddest pictures imaginable. Not until the gods and goddesses have turned the whole town upside down and painted it red, white, and blue do they come to a halt at last. Thorne Smith has given the world laughter, a gift not lightly to be dismissed, and one for which the world will always remember him. His "Night Life of the Gods" was his crowning achievement. The Thorne Smith legend has now become part of literary history, and his wit, humour, and fantasy will live on forever. So will his books, and "Night-Life of the Gods" is the most immortal of them all. "Night Life of the Gods" commences a season at the Majestic Theatre on Friday next. Recruits for the British Army must pass a medical test as stiff as that for a first-class insurance policy. Out of 80,203 applicants last year only 25,564 were finally passed; physical, educational, or other defects were responsible for 68 per cent, of the failures.