MAISIE GAY'S COMEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 15, 19 January 1933, Page 9

MAISIE GAY'S COMEDY.

IN PLAZA'S "THE OLD MAN."

Edgar Wallace, whose unfortunate demise occurred last year, was without doubt one of, if not the most versatile of modern day popular-fiction writers. _ This has been proved previously by his many different types of literary works, and will again be proved by the talking-picture adaptation of perhaps one of his most famous plays, "The Old Man," which opens a season at the Plaza Theatre tomorrow. . ' , The theme of this production includes a superb mystery story, with a love interest woven into the plot in a way in which only Wallace was capable of giving. The picture abounds with good, wholesome humour, delivered by one of the most celebrated comediennes; in the world —Maisie Gay, who, it will be well remembered by local picturegoeis, appeared with much success in an earlier British talkie, "To Oblige a Lady. Maisie Gay is supported, in a capable manner b.v a full cast of British stage and scrcwn celebrities, including Anne Grey and Cecil Humphries. This picture is said to be another example of the technical perfection which British sound and photography engineers have reached. The Plaza will also present the touring "Bridgfs Trio," xylophoniste, in their first New Zealand appearance.