DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 151, 29 June 1939, Page 6

DE LUXE THEATRE.

i"; ■"'■ '-';'.. Tlie.New Programme;Y ' '•-.•-■ --¥; :'/:;lf:. ih v' ■■■:■'. .*.',;. #£■■■ .' ■ ''KFii&fi^^ (creased V in" every film in '.which'; he appgars;^ Jiv Wardoiir Street :parlanceiV: -Fred':rh'aiSi:-;beevl;I :';"gettipgvthe wliich .tomprrovir at the De Luxe Theatre, he is... teamed with1. the renowned Stanley;, Lupino, and 'the new. combination >is a welcome one. Stanley is a-lively comedian if ever there was one. Emney makes a grand foil for Stanley's exuberance, getting his laughs with a. /minimum of business,. a ~ sure sign of the inspired comedian. The picture itself contains, all the ingredients of success, comedy, snappy music, and thr^ee young ladies who take care of successful-visual appeal—Sally Gray, Barbara Blair, and Polly Ward. John Wood is worth mentioning for many things, but chiefly for being a juvenile lead whom men can watch without wishing to reach for a large, well-seasoned cricket bat or, similar "blunt instrument." The thrilling story of a fatal jewel and three murders is Monogram's exciting "TheMystery of Mr. Wong," the associate film. Continuing the advenures1 of James Lee Wong, Chinese detective, it is the second in a series of "Wong" pictures which Monogram > is making with Boris Karloff in the leading role. "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" concerns the'theft of the fatal; "Eye, of, the Daughter of the Moon" from China by Brandon Edwards, well-known collector. At a house party where James Lee Wong is one of the guests, Edwards is murdered, and his death unveils bitterness and hatred enshrouding the household, as a result of Edwards's cruelty and pettiness. Outstanding is the performance' of Boris Karloff as the Oxford educated "James Lee Wong." Always an intelligent actor, Karloff plays Wong quietly, giving the detective character and integrity and a quality of kindness not always possessed by screen sleuths. Dorothy Tree does well, with the role of Valeric,, unhappy wife' of Edwards, who is Yin love with her husband's secretary. Craig Reynolds is goad in this part becatise he plays the secretary with a forcefulness which destroys any hint of weakness in his character;