"THE HOUSE OF THE ARROW," LAST TIME TO-NIGHT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 263, 9 December 1930, Page 2

"THE HOUSE OF THE ARROW," LAST TIME TO-NIGHT.

"Tlie House of Ihe Arrow" will be sliowing at tbe Majestie Tbeatrc tor tbe last time to-night, wben aiiotlier capac-ity liouse is expected. Tbis thrilliiig film tells of a murder mystory whicb is solved by a famous Ereueli detective ancl for entertainmeiit-seekmg patrons it is icleal. "SHOW OE SHOWS," MAJESTIG. WEDNESDAY. "Sliow of Sbows," tlie Warner Bros. and Vitaphone super-revue in techpicolour, whic-b commences its Napier season at tbe popular Majestie Theatro on Wednesday, lives up to tbe extravagapt claims uiade for it by the producers. It is not only in tlie staggering number of stars of stage and sereen iii' tlie cast, nor in tbe lmlf a thousand supporting people, noy in tbe magniiicent settings, the mclo-. dies, tlie dances, th© witty dialogue, tbe coloprs of life in which it is fihncd ; it is tbe eoinbination of all these elcmentvb which makes a sort of "Field of tbe C'lotli of Gold'' an iptrieate and yet restful and invigorating design like that of an Oriental rug, or a Gobelin tapestry. Every sort of stago pnd sereen entertainment bas its lijgb niomept in tbis melodious panorama. Jobn Barrymore gives the t-oucb of tbe tragic, in bis splendidlv dolivered soliloquy of tbe Duke of GJouceater— later Kiug Ricbard III. — from Iving Henyy V. He is supported by Mr Ratclifi'e and Mr Bushell and thirty • others. Tlie Adagjo Dancers are thrijling in tlieir graceful acrobatic feats and ncgro ballelujab singers, on© hundred and fiftv nf them, adcj to tbe glories of ihe scintillating "Lady Luck" graud finale in which the principalg are tbe lesplendent Betty Compson and Alexander Grav, with several bundrecl white folks,- adept at singing and dancing. Ted Lewis is bigb-battodlv eviclent with his peppy jazzboys. BeaViice Tiillie, of th© London mmyc balls and London l\igh society, does spme of ber inimitabl© clowning. There is a "Bicycl© Built for Two" number, with many ycung stars and starines. Onlv Ihe cve.s and ears can catcli the splendour of tliis kaleicloscope of all the entertainment world whicb is tbe "Show of Sbows." It is indeed "Tbe advent of a new event in pictpres." Seats may be resuiped. at tbe Bristol Piano Co. or by theatre 'phone, 270§.