'FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER.'

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 212, 8 September 1938, Page 6

'FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER.'

MYSTERY-DRAMA .FOR. CIVIC.

Adventure-loving fans will thrill to the excitement, tinged with comedy, in "Four a Prayer," which opens at the {uvic Theatre to-morrow. Although perhaps _ a little far-fetched., in places, attentaon ie held throughout, by the fine acting f l if ;PT incipa l 8 and excellent (Erection, which is responsible for some mosit realistic and effective fight scenes. Loretta Young and Richard Greene have the romantic leads, while George Sanders, William Henry and David Niven have the other main roles. Niven relieves the tension at times with his amusing actions, but he is never too silly. Others prominent m the supporting cast are C. Aubrey Smith, Alan Hale, Reginald Denny and evui-faced John Carradihe/ among others. The story tells of the adventures of the four sons of Colonel Leigh (C. Aubrey Smith) and the girl Lynn (Loretta Young), who is in love with one of the sons who set out to dkcojier the man who murdered their father when he #as killed after being dishonourably diichagrged from the Army. The boys, ' Oeofttey, Wyatt, Chris and Rodney Oiichard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven and William Henry) are determined also to clear the name of their father, who they liftow was not responsible for the act which earned him expulsion from the army, and they pursue their investigations through?. South America, India, Africa and other inciting places before they discover- that tW- girl's father, Furnoy (Alan Hale) is president of a munitions company which incited an Indian revolt fallaciously implicating the dead man. He is persuaded to sell his stock in the concern and his general manager is -forced to confess responsibility for "the. insurrection and murder. The case cleared* Lynn and Geoffrey are married.