MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 168, 19 July 1939, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“FOUR’S A CROWD” Large audiences continue to throng he Majestic Theatre, where the ( might modern comedy “Four’s a 1 Jrowd” is at present being screened. 1 Dhe main roles are taken by Errol ; ?lynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind ' Lussell and Patrie Knowles. The plot ! ■evolves round a modern newspaper i )liice, with which the main characters < ire all intimately connected. Errol ' ?]ynn plays the managing editor, who j s courting both a girl reporter (Rosa- i ind Russell) and the proprietor’s - [Patrie Knowles) vivacious fiancee 1 .Olivia de Havilland), who is heiress i to her grandfather’s millions. Her grandfather (Walter Connolly) has i mly one objective—-to keep both his ' granddaughter and his money. Amus- : ng complications follow. “White Banners” Magnificent, acting by the leading . players and a story that is taken . from life itself make “White Banners,” which will open its Wanganui ' season at the Majestic Theatre on ' Friday, one of the outstanding films )f the year. It tells of a woman ivho first comes to a house in the role of a peddler of kitchen knives, but stays because of her ability to ?ook a dinner, and by her influence sjives new life to a family which is ' m the brink of despair. This leadingrole is taken by Fay Bainter, who has long been well known on the stage and who has proved herself to a far wider audience in her short screen career. There are other equally meritorious performances, however, including those of Claude Rains and Jackie Cooper in roles which are utterly unlike those to which they have been accustomed. The former appears as a small-town schoolmaster and amateur inventor, and the latter as a boy who seems to ruin the only concrete achievement in the whole film- the invention of an iceless icebox—by his stupidity. Other main parts are taken by Bonita Granville, Henry O’Neill and Kay Johnson, all of whom contribute to (he atmosphere of reality which is maintained right up to the moving climax. striped and quilted petunia-shaded taffeta; Cynthia Rawson, powder blue taffeta; E. Blundell (New Plymouth), cream satin spray of orchids, green velvet coat; Billie Terry (Sanson), maroon embossed shot taffeta, brown fur coat: K. Quilliam, midnight blue embossed georgette, red spray; Veda Lethbridge (Wanganui), black taffeta; M. Allpress (Wanganui), electric green sheer, fur cape; Judith Stewart (Ohin.gaiti), crinoline dress of blue taffeta; Webster (Taihape), black tulle over taffeta, pink spray; E. Clark (Palmerston North), pink net and satin; Diana Willis, white brocaded satin; Jessie McLachlan (Hunterville), prunella sheer; G. Gudopp, mauve georgette, violet sash and cape; N. Poppe, primrose georgette, white fur coatee; Dorothy Polson, old gold with deep cape to match; Thelma McDonald, dahlia stiffened tulle over taffeta, appliqued skirt in prunella; J. Anderson, blue floral crepe de chine, rose taffeta coatee; M. Bush (Halcombe). apricot redingote over taffeta; Margaret Parkes (Feilding), red earth taffeta; MollyHarris (Sanson), black lacquered taffeta, white fur cape; Doreen Graham (Hunterville), rainbow striped georgette; Joan Cranstone (Fordell), deep cyclamen pleated taffeta with matching bolero; Joan Webster (Wanganui) turquoise blue taffeta in Victorian style; Frances Poppe, white taffeta banded in black, white fur coatee; Ngaire Lawrence, ivory self-figured organdie, spray of pink flowers; F. Dunford (Bulls), white taffeta and erminette capo; Q. Hill, sunset pink satin; C. Schwarz (Bonny Glenn), black net over white taffeta, red spray; Joyce Gower, blue net and taffeta trimmed with cyclamen: Moyna Sutton, white lace with net frills, white cape; Vera Hammond (Hunterville), turquoise blue lace; K. M. Crabb, shell oink chantilly lace with cape; Mary ley, 'vory rippled georgette; V. Nicholls, clover and cream patterned lace, matching cape: D. Willis, white satin; Farma (Wanganui), red and white diagonal striped taffeta; M. French (Feilding), black taffeta; M. Beverley Smith (Wanganui), mushroom pink crepe; P. Baker (Feilding), ivory crinkled georgette with shirred waistline and bodice; Evelyn Sherriff, brown and beige lace; Marjorie Carlyle, sapphire blue ring velvet; Zita Crozier, turquoise georgette; Valerie McLisky, bouffant frock of white tulle with silver trimmings and off-the-shoulder decolletage; G. Mann, black net and velvet with diamante; Doris Wasson, mermaid blue flowered georgette white jacket; M. Willis, blue lace; A. Mainwaring, blue net over taffeta; J. Willis, white net; Catherine. Gibson, crinoline frock of pink chiApn in ruched effect and sprays of