MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 15

MAJESTIC

TWO FINE PICTURES Two unusually interesting films make up the fine programme which is now being screened at the Majestic Theatre. The first is an uproarious tale of golf and matrimonial troubles entitled “Golf Widows.” The action revolves around a glib-talking, headstrong insurance agent, who in trying to be accommodating,’ gets into endless coinplications with two of his clients, their wives and his own sweetheart. Vera Reynolds is the sweetheart; Harrison Ford, the agent; Bally Rand and Kathleen Key the wives; John Patrick is cast as a man-about-town, who takes the wives and agent for a “sky-lark” and finds himself pursued by two irate husbands and an angry sweetheart. The action is filmed against a background of Hollywood and Tia .Juana in Mexico, with apme unusually picturesque airplane shots, taken from i lie cabin of a passenger craft flying be-, tween Los Angeles and Ban Diego. British pictures are certainly gaining a forefront in the production field, judging by the second big picture on the programme. Entitled “The Ring,” it depicted the eternal triangle—the love of two men for one woman. One a boxer with a travelling show, fighting to win the girl lie loved; the other, heavy-weight champion of Australia. The story tells liow ‘One-round’ Jack Bander fights his way to the realms of society, where his wife is fascinated by the gay lights, and the company of the Australian champion. Jealousy of the champion leads Jack to take on fight after light in order that he may meet him in the ring. How, at the beginning of the story, the young wife hopes for lier husband’s defeat, and how later she urges him to win, made the most gripping climax to England’s first bid for supremacy in motion-pic-ture production. The acting was excellently carried out by Carl Brisson as “One-round” Jack, Lilian Hall-Davis as his wife, and lan Hunter as the champion. The musical numbers rendered hv J, Whiteford -Waugh’s Majestic Orchestra include “Momento Capriccisso” (Weber), “Three Dances” from “The Bartered Bride” (Smetana), “Ballet Russe” (Suigini), Ballet Suite from “Queen of Slieba,” “Iphigenia in Aulis” (Gluck), “Angelus” (Reverie), “Chopinata,” a number of latest fox-trots based on Chopin’s melodies, “Serenade” (Rachmaninoff), “Force of Destiny” (Verdi), and “Robespierre” (Litolff). “The Band Came Back" is featured as an orchestral novelty. ALFRED O’SHEA TOWN HALL, FEBRUARY 2 Music lovers are already looking forward to the four concerts fo be given by the great Irish tenor, Alfred O'Shea, in Auckland shortly. The first will be at the Town Hall on Saturday, February 2. Mr. O’Shea is the possessor of a pure tenor voice, robust and pure in tonal qualities. There is a mystifying charm in the voice described by a great musical critic as “the sweetest voice the world knows.” He always includes in his programmes a number of operatic arias, and his magnificent voice and Italian training have made him famous on the operatic stage, but he does not neglect the songs that are dear to the hearts of all, the Irish ballads and folk songs