MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 237, 27 December 1927, Page 17

MAJESTIC

HOLIDAY PROGRAMME *‘A supreme combination of sparkling variety” describes the programme at the Majestic this week. That it is popular is eloquently proved by the crowded houses nightly and the audiences which leavo the Majestic delighted and satisfied. The supporting programme is as attractive as the main feature. The very best in short subjects has been chosen to make this programme a notable one. The comedy is the famous little “Big Boy’s” best effort, and this clever little chap provides very amusing entertainment in “Kid Tricks.” In the Majestic News, the most notable scenes arc views of Alpine Bloods (Switzei'land), monkeys holding their athletic sports, a review of the Italian Cavalry, the rescue of. Ruth Klder, the latest airplane, a German Buck type airplane, railways ancient and modern, and a Tiny Tots floral review. At the evening sessions the chief pictorial attraction is “Spring Fever,” with irrepressible William Haines and beautiful Joan Crawford. Th'o new picture is a comical romance laid on the golf links. Haines plays a young shipping clerk whose golf skill attracts the attention of his doss (George Fawcett), who himself is somewhat of a “bug.” Joan Crawford is tlio heroine—she likes golf and golf experts, and Haines aqd Bdward .Carle become rivals for her hand. Bert Woodruff is William’s father—who doesn’t approve of golf, Bee Moran is his comical caddy, and George K. Arthur a golf nut with an eccentric turn that is hilarious. A fantasy of Christmas is presented in a miniature pantomime, presented by 25 talented little pupils of Misses Beryl Nettleton and Marjorie Turner. These happy youngsters appear in Father Christmas’s store.. A very' charming solo is rendered by David Lunny, the well-known Auckland soprano, and another by talented little Miss Doreen O’Beary, who sings “The Doll Dance.” A quaint and amusing little trio, “Jack in the Box,” is rendered by Ira Ardley, Doreen O’Leary and David Lunny. The Majestic Orchestra, under the baton of Mr. Whiteford-Waugh, renders a special programme of bright, appropriate musi and includes in the musical gems rendered, a “Reverie” (Bierman), “Metropolitan Opera House Melodics,”' “Petite Suite” (Charuinade), “Fantasia” (Wolf-Terrari), “Scheherasade” ( Rimsky-Korsokoff), and “Lohengrin” (Wagner). During the day time, a special children's programme is shown. “The Bugle Call,” Jackie Coogan’s latest and most successful photoplay, is the chief pictorial attraction.