MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 85, 11 April 1935, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“MENACE.” j Murder simply frolics through in< . plot of “Menace,” now being screcnet r at the Majestic. Theatre. This socia e pastime of the age, as shown ii s fiction and drama, is usually attendee 1 by stodginess not limited to th* < corpses, but in “Menace” thrills ai 2 ternate, deliciously with comedy h f such rapid succession that even thi r moralist must smile and shudder witl ’ the rest of the audience. It is i ’ flickering plot, fit chiaroscuro for th< shining knives that flit out of thi darkness to bury themselves in mos J unexpected people, while out of thi half-dozen concerned the identity 01 t the slayer remains unrevealed till th< r last. To make a fourth at bridge ir 5 Nairobi, a young waterworks engined leaves his huge irrigation dam project 1' to look after itself. A tropical storir and cloudburst drives him from the party to fly to his job. He crashes t in the storm which destroys his tw< t sisters at the works, and his brother li r England vows death to the three other! s who drew him from his duty to thi . little green-topped table. These an s Helen Chalmers (Gertrude Michael) ? Colonel Grey, and Norman Bellam; f (Borton Churchill). These. On thei 3 return to their own country, an » warned of their doom and decide t< . await it together at a country house s where others who are apparently out s siders congregate. The swish of flying knives, rifle shots from the house a e those sent for help and a successioi ~ of corpses merely amuse Mr. Thonitor (Henrietta Grosman). a very old lad; s who has blown in. She just loves th* excitement. Love and liate play taj ” as the cast sneaks furtively about tin j house, and the climax is quite unex I pected. * ‘ Happiness Ahead. ’ ’ A glamorous romance, in whicl comedy and melodrama are expert!; woven—four new songs sung as onb I) Dick Powell can sing them—a charmint d Broadway stage star, and a cast o r. truly important screen players capabb e directed—that is “Happiness Ahead,’ e which opens at the Majestic Theatre 01 ). Saturday. It introduces to the scree) i- a new team of romantic lovers, Dicl it L’owell and Josephine Hutchinson. Joai is Bradford (Miss Hutchinsou), a beau o tiful society girl engaged to a blui n blood which she does not like, run d away from her own engagement part; is and joins a New Year’s Eve party ii a chop suey restaurant, where she meet: Bob Lane (Dick Powell), manager fo a window-cleaning company. Coinplica tions arise with Joan's father, bir things are eventually straightened ow satisfactorily. The star cast include! Frank McHugh. Allen Jenkins, But! Donnelly, and Dorothy Dare.