MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“THE AWFUL TRUTH Couples contemplating a divorce because of an occasional tiff, or even now and then a downright row, will see how ridiculous they may become in “The Awful Truth,” screening finally to-day at the Majestic Theatre. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are the couple who imagine themselves unhappy together, and, after a particularly salty quarrel, make a bee-line for divorce, and see it through. The trouble is not the custody of the children, for this is a modern couple, but a dog, which is so important to both of them that for a while it seems as though there must be a hitch. It is a brilliant comedy and there is fun in : every moment of a cleverly-plotted 1 social muddle. 1 “Broadway Melody of 1938” The popular team of Eleanor Powell i and Robert Taylor are together in ’ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's latest musical | comedy, “Broadway Melody of 1938,” i which will be presented for the first 1 time at the Majestic Theatre to-mor- ■ row at 2.15 and 8 p.m. The Him is a worthy successor to the outstanding I production of the same name shown at Wanganui last year, and it reassembles many of the cast of the former success. In the cast are such players as Buddy Ebsen, Robert Benchley, the girl singer Judy Garland and Robert Wildhack, the lastnamed being the man who gave such a brilliant exhibition as the snorer in last year’s film. He appears now as a collector of sneezes, and plays the role with his laughable and earnest sol-: emnity. With so many popular i : edians in the cast the film moves I with delightful ease and gaiety, ana has at the same time beauty and spectacle which eclipse those of the majority of earlier productions of a ’ similar character. A number of new songs are presented, among them being “Sun Showers,” “Follow My Footsteps,” “Everybody Sing” and “Your Broadway and Mine,” Among the singers are the well known Sophie Tucker and Charles Igor Gorin, while tap-dancing is featured by Eleanor Powell, her new partner, George Murphy, and Buddy Ebsen, who are seen in several bright numbers. The film promises delightful entertainment in music, dancing and comedy.