MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 548, 28 December 1928, Page 13

MAJESTIC

“THE RIVER PIRATE” Haunting the dark coves of lower Manhattan, flipping by way of the river in and out of the huge warehouses that line the waterfront, taking rope and ship materials and selling it to skippers of outgoing ships—that is the life of “The River Pirate,” as told on the screen in the language of the criminal in the Fox Film production of that name, to be shown at the Majestic Theatre this evening. Victor McLaglen as a huge, twofisted river pirate, and Nick Stuart as a fine boy who gets started wrong through a streak of bad luck, meet behind the walls of a reformatory and launch a scheme for pillaging the waterfronts. Always when these two are together, even in the most drain a t i c moments, they keep their sense of humour and take the blows of fate with a laugh. Nor is Nick too busy to become involved in a romance with the daughter, played by Lois Moran, of the detective who is the nemesis of himself and McLaglen, and to whom the “shark,” played by Earle Foxe, betrays his partners. An excellently-varied supporting programme will also be shown, including gazettes with the latest world news, and a comedy. Mr. J. Whiteford-Waugh has arranged another splendid programme of incidental music for the Majestic Orchestra. The excellent varied supporting programme includes an Aesop cartoon, Majestic News, the latest Oliver Hardy comedy, “Galloping Ghosts,” and “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” a technicolour film offering with special orchestral accompaniment. On the stage. Miss Wilma Lockwood will present a specialty dance novelty. The musical arrangements will, as usual, be in the hands of Mr. White-ford-Waugh’s Majestic Orchestra. ALADDIN PANTOMIME The Alladin Pantomime has been such a success that the management has decided to extend . the season another week. It is presented at afternoon sessions only. The story of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp is surely one of the most romantic of all tales and as a pantomime it far surpasses anything that the story can relate. It is a quaint and colourful entertainment, with catchy songs and beautiful dancing. Special mention must be made of the six beautiful scenes. An outstanding novelty is “Splashing in the Briny.” The Grand March, the Butterfly Ballet, the Flappers’ Novelty number, the Fortune Teller's scene, the Okay Ballet, Rolling Round the World, and dainty little Koanui, all combine to make an entertainment which no child should miss. PRINCE EDWARD “A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN” “A Certain Young Man” is the title of one of the big pictures to be shown at the Prince Edward Theatre this evening. Ramon Novarro, as a philandering young English lord with an infatuation complex that gets him into many a peck of trouble, is the central figure of this latest whimsical romance of the screen, in which the star makes his bow in an entirely new guise. Ramon is introduced with moustache and monocle, in the very height of fashion in London, but after he meets the girl he discards both and tries to live down his past—with results that land him in many trials and tribulations. In his escape from these a real love story comes in, as charmingly romantic as any he has ever appeared in. The second attraction will be “Powder My Back.” with Irene Rich in the role of a musical comedy actress.