"THE SILENT HOUSE."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19690, 6 August 1929, Page 14

"THE SILENT HOUSE."

I first-class entertainment. j | i KVisT.VL I'.VLAIR. Duo ot t; •• bt. t programmes >eru iu | <"hristchuri'h (or a long time i* ndw being I hown at Cr.vMi.il I'alace. the two attraci t'.ons bn.ijr ''Tin' Silent Il.'use," fcatur- ) in* Mabel Poultoa, Arthur I'iit.c-y, and Gibb • McLaughlin, mid "Captain Lash," with iVii tor Me Lag leu in the lead. The former I, n ftritish ; r•.■ lu. < i..ii, ami ; t" prove Una the Kas;li.li studios are nraknn; jjrvvi »r r .<1 *•-. ''The Silent Ilciisi'" "> ■ s»u.'cv.--> * legitimate play, *» tjii in the tilin \ -r. i«n Hi-) proiln. ers. have even more scope |.J demonstrate the mystery anil eerie*.-! of ilm Oriental t-torv, The sceno opeL.s with Ihe Silent House in Surrey. Kichard Win*tord is writing his "ill and after mei)tm'tiug tli it l>..r,ds atul jewels hidden Ti-.'i\ .- tin- room, ami is ac-identally killed. -1 Mil I'm' w iltllUl • ot the •' we I - is loft i.iikimu ii. Mien- rumt-s i"i 'he srene IT. «'lci 1 .1:1/ a neignljuur, v Is.j n tut. to know wl.it he hj» heen left in the will. I»r. <-hi J ang la u m,v.sti'\ and in bin household >.< T'Mala » white girl, without memory. She plead* " 'ith <hu Fang to let lier know the s,-er«t "I her past life. The story reveals that, V\ itmford »»t> a hi|t trader it; the hast, (Hid when viinitiug (,'lni l-'ung he «»i shown iJie \un mi ri temple with its i»rt■ eless jewels j .mil tin- t'li-i Fang star \Vin*l"rd MopJ :heiu and e--< aped to Knglaml. An revenue V\ uistord'.. trading More* were burned, and 11.. K,iri„, hi., faithful keeper, »JJ wounded T'Mala. **it»i h«r father, wtid wax U ins(nfilpartner, were kidnapped and taken hi-k '■> Clni who \o» od v eiigeanco on U i!■ - for-1 11.. K.u joined his master in Kn l'I« rid, and event ti nUy <'m Fane bourne lit;-, enemvneighbour. What goes on < I "The Si 11'n i I Urn sc.' and fill th« mysier>' in I'hti Fang's home could not hi haltered in an Kdptr Wallace thriller. (h<i »uhße.(u»itjt!y gets Ins «tur nnd returns ii, to hi> Joks, whil« T'Mala and Rich*rd WinWord, th« heir, seek happines* in married lite Thpi .irtins of tlio principaU lrf o( a h!th i 1 indard In ' < upturn Lai-h'' Victor McLaelen ifrivr* lit.i men >*ith n Imall and does not let tip until the .-.weal pours off their backs. The picture li.. - plenty of corned;, Clyde i -»>k< tn'iug rfl«,pon«ib!f i> r it. Claire Windsoi tH tlie txlientureM* who meet® Captain L»*h. and after be falls iu lova with her she gets him to btiuje!« some valuable gems pakt the Customs. The drama is very telling and the »iriiaMou.s tense. A tirst-elasH mimical prorrarnme ia providi'd by Mr Alfred Hun/- and hi» orche = tri.