MAJESTIC THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12902, 1 July 1936, Page 7

MAJESTIC THEATRE

DOUBLE-FEATURE PROG RAMMF. Austin Trevor and Jane Carr piny the principal parts in “Lord Edgeware Dies/’ which heads the current double bill at the Majestic Theatre. This is the film version of the novel by the well-known writer of detective fiction, Agatha Christie, and again introduces to the screen her famous French detective', HercuTe Foriot. The method of unfolding the mystery adheres very closely to that employed by Agatha Christie—that of inference and deduction, 'whilst bemusing' the •onlooker by throwing heavy suspicion on the actual culprit, and (at the same time hinting strongly at the guilt of other suspects. The circumstances under which Lord Edgeware is found dead point' to his wife the miscreant, mul a dramatic story develops. The second feature is' an action) drama featuring James Cagney and Madge Evans, “Mayor of Hell.’ At"tho evening sessions ' Trevor unci Dawn ' will present their celebrated soft shoe trip-dance, while they will also conduct an amateur' ballroom dancing championship, at which the audience will judge. Heats will lie conducted each evening, the finale being fixed for next Thursday.