BIG VARIETY PROGRAMME

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 15

BIG VARIETY PROGRAMME

MAJESTIC ON FRIDAY Variety is the keynote of the attractive programme to be offered at the Majestic on Friday. There is not one big attraction, but four big ones. A Lupino Lane comedy entitled “Drama de Luxe” will provide half an hour's laughter and thorough enjoyment. This talented comedian is a joy to watch. His acting and characterisations are perfect. Then, made especially for Aucklanders, is the best New Zealand scenic yet, entitled “Windy Wellington.” Aucklanders will want to move South when they see this delightful scenic. Quite an innovation will be the gala orchestral performance by the Majestic’s new orchestra on the stage. Twenty-five popular songs will be played. A prize is offered for the person who can write down the names of these well-known melodies. The big picture is a rollicking comedy entitled “Tin Hats,” which shows the funny side of the Army of Occupation. “Tin Hats” is a riotous yarn of three soldiers of the Allied Army of Occupation, who through no fault of their own find themselves in Germany immediately after the Armistice has been signed, and in command of a village. This strange trio is played by Conrad Nagel, George Cooper and Bert Roach. The production was directed by Edward Sedgwick for Metro-Goldwyn-Maver, and with it he steps into the limelight as one of the foremost comedy directors. Many scenes show marked attention to lighting and artistic camera

effects seldom found in a comedy. Claire Windsor is a vision as the heroine of the story. Her regal beauty is again in evidence, caused principally by the gowns which she wears. and the old - fashioned headdress of 1919. Conrad Nagel is developing into

one of our foremost comedians, and is creating a type of comedy essentially his own. Most of the laughs of the piece are contributed by Nagel, George Cooper and Bert Roach, who make as funny a trio as were ever seen on the screen. They bring a laugh whenever they walk in front of the camera. Tom O’Brien, fondly remembered as the delightful “Bull” in ‘‘The Big Parade,” plays the tough sergeant in a manner that would strike fear in the heart of any recruit, and feelings of warm admiration in every audience. Sedgwick himself wrote the story of ‘ Tin Hats.”