ST. JAMES THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 15, 18 July 1939, Page 5

ST. JAMES THEATRE.

"Confessions of a Nazi Spy."

Warner Bros, expect their production "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" to prove a number of things, among them that the motion picture studios, contrary to the claims of many, do have their share of courage and that Hollywood is willing to film a picture that carries a message. But another thing the picture already has proved is that a motion picture studio is, in effect a self-contained little city. "Confessions of a Nazi Spy," the sensational Warner Bros. picture which is now showing at the St. James Theatre, has proven, for once and all, that it is. Before the picture went into production a group of more than a dozen persons, for a variety of reasons, most of them obvious, decided m L}7 e at the studi-o during the filming of the picture. The studio assigned dressing rooms to anyone desiring them and throughout the time they worked in the picture not one of this grout) ventured outside the studio. Thefr temporary homes were their dressingrooms. Their dining-room was the studio commissary. And the studio entertained them each evening by screening a picture in one of the many projection rooms. For those who would prefer other forms of entertainment, the property department provided radios, ping-pong and pool tables, and the research department maintained a librai-y of several thousand volumes which was open until midnight. Edward G. Robinson heads the cast of "Confessions of a Nazi Spy," with able support from such players as Paul Lukas, Francis Lederer, and the exotic Lya Lys, European film star making her American debut.