MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 88, 5 July 1927, Page 17

MAJESTIC

SEMI-FINALISTS I N CLEVER SKETCHES The huge audience at the Majestic Theatre nightly are full of enthusiasm for the spectacular demonstrations of acting given by the four leading semifinalists. A new dramatic or comic sketch is given each night, in an entirely new setting. The semi-finalists are given every chance to demonstrate their ability and also their individuality in these silent acting tests, and they must be congratulated on the keen and clever way in which they are proving to the public that they have chosen the best girls. To the ordinary picturegoer, this insight into the way acting for the silent drama is carried out is both interesting and entertaining. The voting at the Majestic is remarkable. Practically all the voting cards have been used, and the audience has proved itself to be in earnest about the choice of “Miss Auckland” and her Maid of Honour.

A picture'that is causing something of a sensation this week at the Majestic is “The Gorilla Hunt.” This reveals in an astounding manner the mighty monsters of darkest Africa and tells the story of a big-game hunt three thousand miles up the Congo. Reviewing this film, a critic says: “Africa, the land of mvstery and menace! Of giant trees and brilliant birds! Of lovely, exotic flowers, of strange insects and brightly coloured lizards — where mighty pythons swing from orchid covered boughs! A land where death masquerades as beauty. The lost land of the gorilla—the mysterious land where man never trod! A land that has given its last secret to a mighty hunter to whom its greatest perils had no terror! The greatest effort of the age! ! A pyramid of thrills —action and knowledge! The greatest entertainment picture of the decade!”

“A Little Journey” is also shown. The whole thrilling, laughable and lovable multiplicity of incidents that make this picture so unusually interesting occur in a railway carriage. But excitement crowds on adventure, and laughs on romance, in so fascinating a manner that “A Little Journey” is a positive delight. It was adapted to the screen from Rachel Crowther’s famous stage success of the same name.

An exceptionally fine musical programme is rendered by the All Soloists Orchestra, of 20 musicians.