"THREE LIVE GHOSTS."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19770, 7 November 1929, Page 5

"THREE LIVE GHOSTS."

Baaed on the stags piay by Frederick S. I shim. "'Three Live Ghost*" is a powerful drama of the war period and after. It «*• hailed as on* of the best Alms dealing with such a subject before tbs advent of the talkies, and larga audience* at the Civic lh*atr* are voting their unanimous approval on its transfer to the vocal screen. The Great War wa* responsible for a host of isuiiOl coincidence*, and the *tory ha* been baaed on ths smasiog reunions resulting from the d.es throw of »ate. When ttt* ..all cam* to go over the top »nd the soldier* coerced into a hail of lead, the gap* in the roll-call for those not accounted for wer. oiled by the -regie words Dead or "Missing." It waa only when the Armistice cam* that it was possible to determine the fata of all. The Oermsn prisons held hundred* who returned like "o.ts to Britain Ths three buddies who nil th* title roles are among this legion of the lost. Not ths slightest objection c«n be taken to ths English of this combination, who.interpret the play with copsnramate faithful nees. Thia i* not to be wondered at for the part of Mr. Gobb-.n* i* filled by Beryl Mercer and that of Jimmi* hy Cnaries McJCaughton. both of whom have their original roles of th. stag. play. H,ld ' nll V i?- h "' Joan Bennett. Robert Montgomery, and Claude Ali»ter h*Ddle the remaining principal parts IB a manner which sdds lustre to an slresdy high reputstion. Ths .upporting film, have been well eho.en. end hsv. more interest than i. usual with the minor pictures. Baffin Land, in th* wild, inhospitable region nortn of Canada, has been th* objective of an American eiplonng expention, and its fr.m experiences in the icepaca, and intereattn? adventures w;th the strange sn:mal and stranger human denncna of this bleak land io.tds the Arct.c Circle have been woven into a graphic fi.tn. which wi.l be espeoal.y entertaimnc to the children Pictures of Canad.'. immense wheat he,d«. a make-up inc.deot in a film »tar'» dreeeirig-room. the life of as ebonv tribe in the Dark Continent, and a aerie* of topics! hsppemntrs in the Cnite<l State*. fomrl«<* ■ T » r! * d and satisfying ;■ ro-^ramme.