STRAND THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1929, Page 4

STRAND THEATRE.

"The Passing of Mr. (julnu," a iirltisli screen version of: the lnystjyy story by Agatha Christie,. Is the big feature commencing at the. Strand Theatre to-day. Professor Appleby is a brilliantly clever scientist, with a cruel and sinister side to his character. The chief object of his cruelty Is .his wife, Eleanor, wiioßi he has reduced to such a state of nervous exhaustion that she is forced to call in Dr. Alec Portal. Dr. Portal at once sees the real cause of her condition, and reproaches the professor, who orders him to leave the house. The story now turns upon a,letter which Eleanor has written that' afternoon to a neighbour, Derek Capel, asking him to come over, as she feels' safer when he Is in the house. She is foolish enough to use the phrase, "My husband is not fit to live 1 If I had . the courage I believe I would kill him myself!" That evening three people have equal opportunities and equal motives for poisoning Professor Appleby's drinkDerek Capel, who Is .in love with ■ Eleanor; Eleanor, whose motive, Is obvious; and Vera, tho parlourmaid, with Whom tho professor has been carrying on an Intrigue, and has now got h«r in trouble and refuses to help her. When Appleby eventually swallows his drink he dies of poison. Tho plot of the s-.;iry then turns on wiio killed Hie professor: C.ood supports are aiso screened, and «!>proprlate music supplied by.ths orchestra. ?■ ."