MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 278, 26 November 1935, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

‘•THE HEALER.’’ “The Healer,’’ which is the main feature at the -Majestic Theatre, reveals the extraordinary situation of a great gifted healer of youthful children being lured away from his calling 'by an attractive girl. A series of events leads to the great forest fire around which are built the events of the. latter part of the picture. Ralph Bellamy and Karen Morley are the stars. The supporting bill is an attractive one. “The Raven’’ The eerie notion that a modern scientist of great mental powers and unbalanced mind might choose to reconstruct some of the more startling of the stories of Edgar Allen Poe is the basis of “The Raven,” which is the main feature on to-morrow’s new and attractive bill at the Majestic Theatre. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff (a remarkable pair to have in one film) Irene Ware, and Lester Matthews are the principals in this horror picture, which begins when the doctor is called in to save the life of a beautiful young girl and ends with a weird and horrifying house party at the home of the surgeon. The final scenes in the torture chambers are breathless in their rapidity and strangeness. Bela Lugosi has never been better cast than in this film, and as the instrument of his horrible plans Boris Karloff has a moving role to play. Progress election results will be screened by arrangement with the • ‘ Chronicle. ’ ’