MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“PARIS HONEYMOON” “Paris Honeymoon,” concluding tonight at the Majestic Theatre, has tor its principal characters Bing Crosby, as Lucky Lawton, the wealthy Westerner who went to Paris with the Countess de Remi (Shirley Ross) to marry her as soon as she secured her divorce. As 'it is considered expedient that Lucky should be out of the way while the divorce is proceeding, he goes with his man servant (Edward Everett Horton) to a castle in a rosegrowing district. Horton is ably assisted by Ben Blue in supplying the humorous touch. It is an entertaining and amusing film, with good singing. “The Citadel.” “The Citadel,” dramatically powerful story of a young doctor who barters his ideas for world riches, heads the programme at the Majestic Theatre. Superb portrayals are given by Robert Donat and Rosalind i Russell in the principal roles. A dra-! matic love story is unfolded in the j account of the young surgeon who struggles among the miners and marries a humble school mistress. There is agonising suspense when he descends into a mine that has collapsed, to amputate the arm of a man trapped beneath a fallen timber. There is drama when he deliberately dynamites a sewer that has been spreading disease but which authorities refuse to move. The moving story has become even more dramatic on the screen, without an alteration, but because of the added power of visible action. Donat is outstanding as the disillusioned young doctor and Miss Russell has the best role of her career as his sympathetic wife. Ralph Richardson and Rex Harrison, two of Britain’s most capable actors, appear as fellow-doctors with Donat, and their ■ performances are excellent. Much credit goes also to Emlyn Williams as ■ an official of the Miners’ Medical Aid Society; Mary Clare as the sympa- . thetic cafe proprietress and Penelope Dudley-Ward as the society girl. . There are more than one hundred speaking parts in the cast. “The Citadel” is one of the most, popular novels ■ in years, having topped the list in , England and abroad since its publica- • tion about a year ago. The M.G.M. adaptation does it honour.