MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 11

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“THRtiE LIVE GHOSTS.” : I Even funner than the version that ■ proved so popular a few years ago with Wanganui audiences, the new film “Three L’.ve Ghosts,” which com--5 nienced yesterday at the Majestic The- : atre, is bound to repeat the success of its predecessor. As a stage play, “Three Lives Ghosts” set the world laughing, ar 1 it loses nothing by being ; transferred to the screen. Many of the players are in their original roles, > and more than uphold their previous performances. Claude Allister, as “Spoofy,” '.he shell-shocked British 1 officer with kleptomaniacal tendencies, 1 gives a really fine portrayal, and one which draws out the sympathy of the audience as well as its laughter. Richard Arlen appears as the young American who is “wanted” by the American police. As the Cockney who makes up the third of the ghostly trio, Charles McNaughton surpasses himself. The story is, of course, that of three soldiers, who, after escaping from a German prison camp, arrive in London at the Armistice, only to discover that officially they have been killed in action. Each of his own reason remains 4 4 dead.” Beryl Mercer, as the Cockney’s stepmother, whose two main aims in life a:e to collect the reward on the American and to obtain a plentiful -upply of gin, also gives a splendid performance. A very fine programme includes an Our Gang comedy (“Second Childhood”), a Pete Smith oddity, 4 ‘Table Tennis,” newsreels, and a splendid coloured revue entitled 44 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara.”