Majestic Theatre

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7296, 5 August 1930, Page 3

Majestic Theatre

A MASTER PIECE OF MYSTERY. “MURDER ON THE ROOF” For those audiences that like the mystery and suspense of crime stories —and thair numbers are very large—this is an entertaining picture with an exciting climax and patrons of the Majestic to-night and to-morrow wdll get all tho thrills and laughs they want. It deals with a murder and diamond theft in a fashionable night club, for which Sommers, the proprietor’s lawyer, is sentenced to death. His daughter Molly, convinced it was a frame-up, determines to solve the mystery, and, as a dancer at the club, fascinates the proprietor, Carozzo, until he gives her tho diamond. But her identity is betrayed by an ousted rival, and the police arrive to find Carozzo shot dead, apparently by Molly. The real murderer is eventually disclosed by a reporter who had feigned dumbness to get into the premises. No attempt is made by any of the actors to tear at the emotions, . and tho whole, action goes forward at an agreeable rate. Dorothy Rfvier "as Molly, Raymond Hatton as the journalist, and Paul Porcassi as the evil'genius of the night club acquit themselves well in a slick and suitable wayj