MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 142, 19 June 1939, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“FAST AND LOOSE.” The exploits of Robert Montgomery | as Joel Sloane, a dealer in rare books ( and sometimes amateur detective, and i his charming wife (Rosalind Russell) provide the action for “Fast and | Loose,” concluding to-night at the I Majestic Theatre. The picture is splendid entertainment from start to finish, and is a brilliant exception to the rule that a talking picture success cannot be repeated in precisely the same terms. It is the second picture of the same kind with these players, and is also in similar vein to pievious productions featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy. The story is concerned with the' disappearance from the home of a wealthy collector of a priceless manuscript, followed by the murder of the collector and one or two other people who are about to clear up the mystery. The real murderer is cleverly hidden right to the lost moment, and this without drawing any too conspicuous led herrings across the trail. Mr. and Mrs. Sloane trip through the story as an engaging couple with a wealth of brilliant and amusing dialogue. On the supporting programme are “Imperial Delhi,” a Fitzpatrick Technicolour Travel, “Mamma’s New Hat,” a comedy cartoon, and Paramount airmail news of the latest happenings in England and abroad. “Paris Honeymoon.” “The English language is very funny and sometimes I think I shall never learn all of it,” Franciska Gaal told Bing Crosby while working with him in Paramount’s “Paris Honeymoon", coming to-morrow to the Majestic Theatre. Bing, however, laughter as he recalled Miss Gaal’s arrival in Hollywood from Vienna a year ago. “You couldn’t speak a word of English then,” said Crosby. “Now listen to you to-day. You know as many words as I do.” “Well,” replied Franciska, quite seriously, “just when I think I am good I learn something else. I heard a man to-day ask another man to get him a ‘hot dog.’ Now I had heard of Americans eating ‘het dogs’ and I got so curious that I waited around until the man surI waited around until the man returned. I can’t tell you how surprised I was when I found that the man was just carrying a Bologna sandwich.”