MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 108, 10 May 1933, Page 12

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“THE MOUTHPIECE” TO DAY The Mouthpiece,” a Warner Bros, picture adapted from a play by Frank J. Collins, opens at the Majestic Theatre to-day with Warren William heading a specially selected cast of prominent screen players. “The Mouthpiece” derives its title from the main character, portrayed by William. In certain circles a lawyer whose practice consists in freeing and assisting doubtful characters enmeshed in the toils of the law is known as a “mouthpiece.7 * The story deals with the tragic fate of a groat legal light who sends an innocent youth to the gallows in an excess of prosecuting zeal. He loams his ghastly error too late. His conscience destroys his value as a prosecutor. Tn a revulsion of feeling he turns to the defence of persons accused of crime, bringing all the energy and skill that had won him fame as the criminal’s nemesis to the defence of those same criminals. It is powerful drama all the way through, modern and up-to-the-moment in theme. There is stirring action, high-lighted by intense scenes. There is also a dominant note of romance all through the story. The theme is well handled, two directors collaborating on its production, James Flood supervising the dramatic situations and Elliott Nugent co-ordinating the dialogue wtih the action. The cast is also excellent. Sidney Fox, diminutive star of “Strictly Dishonourable,” plays the featured feminine lead. Aline MacMahon, whom you rem ember as Edward G. Robinson’s cynical secretary in “Letters of Fire,” plays a very important role in a somewhat similar capacity. “Wedding Rehearsal” There are some exquisite sets in “Wedding Rehearsal,” a new Ideal picture, which will open on Friday at the Majestic Theatre. The wedding is between the beautiful and famous Roxbury Twins, played by Joan Gardner and Wendy Barrie, and their two fiances, played by John Loder and Maurice Evans. The wedding has been skilfully engineered by the Marquis of Buvkmaster (delightfully portrayed by Roland Young), in order to frustrate the plans of his grandmother (acted by Kate Cutler), who has handed him a list of girls’ names, which includes the Roxbury Twins, one of whom he must marry before the year is out. The wedding rehearsal of the “Roxbury Twins” is one of the most brilliant and spectacular scenes ever taken for a British film, and is an accurate representation of the hall and staircase of a statelv country mansion. To the strains of the “Wedding March,” played on the organ by Roland Young, the young brides-to-be march up the terrace and into the hall, followed by twelve beautiful bridesmaids dressed in exclusively designed costumes in soft shades of pink and blue.