REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 108, 2 November 1929, Page 13

REGENT THEATRE.

Who Wiled Richard Hardell? Was it lovely Helen Mac Donald, whose-heart he hud broken* Was it .her impetuous brother, who threatened to .kill him? Or his wife? She was heard to say, "I'll kill you if you don't stop." Or the watchman? He resented HardeU's attention to his daughter, and was- the last man to see him alive. Or Rupert Borka? Jealous of HardeU's affection-for his wife? These are some of the questions asked in "The Studio Murder Mystery, ' which comes to the Regent Theatre today. It is a baffling, •thrilling mystery. Taking one behind the scenes of a big motionpicture studio, never before have mystery stories beenso,popular, and "The Studio Murder Mysi'u i!aramount's production of tho tliVlllin— and battling, story, of a. slayer hunt in the intriguing, setting of a motion, picture, studio, should do much 'to sustain and increase the interest. Tho Paramount picture lias been acclaimed by tho Press of all towns iir whlcn It has been. screened as one of tho greatest murder mysteries and tho most tlirill;?S- From the first breath-taking scenes in the dark; shadowy studio, on through the gripping.drama .that threatens tho lives of sis; of JioUywood's tost interesllim personages, "The btudto Murder.Mystery" holds the interest at a i-fih tension that is on'y" relieved wheu the . final, surpriso climax reveals- the solution of the^clevec plot: Many mystery stories have crlpped. the:.public imagination,: but. none" has [i -so'-eoropletely - and so - thoroughly as . The Studio Murder Mystery." "And yet, the plot and setting of the story give plenty of opportunity for observing the marvellous processes ■used in the production of motion pictures. Tho sequencesvtaken on- actual stages; are revealing and Intensely interesting: to all who have observed the results of the new era in motion pictures-from-the outside. '.This Is-inside stuff worth seeing.". The east is-suporb. Neil .Hamilton-is-said to be better than ever In fills.picture. ■■. Fredric .March, Warner Oland. JlQfencer-Elarldge.Vahd "Doris. Hill are stated ato-give;' unsurpassable 'performances.' ."The Studio-Murder' Mystery" has •everything—thrills, drama, humour, pathos, love, and, most of all rearentettarnmenU" '-■'-.■■ - .'