MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 2, 4 January 1939, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“THAT CERTAIN AGE’’ Although a different Deanna Durbin is presented in her latest picture, “That Certain Age,” in the sense that she reaches the age of romance, the theme makes no difference to the spirit and charm of her work. As ever she simply radiates happiness and is the personification of the joy of youth “That Certain Age” is showing finally to-day and to-morrow at the Majestic Theatre. The tradition of brightness is continued, the comedy is of character as well as of situation, and it shows the continued growth of the talents of the young star. There is this to be added, that it is not primarily a musical film. There are pleasant songs, well sung, but the chief aim seems to have been to reveal her development as an actress. and she acquits herself with the seriousness appropriate to her age, with a rich unconsciousness of her humour, and with that spontaneity and freshness which are always present with her. In the progress of the film there is great strength gained from the forethought which cast Melvyn Douglas as the object of her unsuspected affections. "Blockheads” Laurel and Hardy have never been funnier than in “Blockheads,” commencing on Friday at the Majestic Theatre. Starting off with all solemnity, they never do anything right, and what one does always annoys the other, who has just sufficient perspicacity to pick his comrade's shortcomings without even dreaming of his own. Laurel distinguishes himself by guarding a deserted trench long after the Great War, but it is when they, meet once more in America that the fun really begins, when the feminine influence on their lives produces the most impossible situations. It is all one long laugh.