'SIX HOURS TO LIVE’

Evening Star, Issue 21319, 25 January 1933, Page 1

'SIX HOURS TO LIVE’

WARNER BAXTER’S LATEST FILM 1 Six Hours to Live,’ which, give* Warner Baxter the most dramatic role of his career on the screen, will be .the film feature on the Regent Theatre’s programme starting on Friday. Sharing top-line honours with Baxter are John Boles and Miriam Jordan, the latter a beautiful young English actress who makes her screen debut in this Fox Film production. George Marion, Irene Ware, and Beryl'.Mercer are also in the cast. ‘ Six Hours to Live ’ was adapted by Bradley King from the original story, ‘ Auf \Viedersehen,’ by Gordon Morris and Morton Barteaux. Briefly, it deals with a dramatic episode *of international history, in which Baxter, as the representative o£ a small republic, successfully prevents the efforts of plotters to ruin his country and plunge the world into another disastrous war. The plotters succeed in accomplishing Baxter’s death and are prepared to go through with their nefarious scheme when he reappears, the hand of death miraculously stayed for six hours by the, discovery of an eccentric old scientist, enacted by Marion.

Miss Jordan in her debut displays unusual promise, and she already has' been hailed as a real “discovery.’’, Slie has played ' for several years on the London and New York stages, supporting such stars as Herbert Marshah‘?;Edna RXt, and RljiVp Merivale. Williilm Diifccrle, „ famous- GerjnanAmerican director,' produced this pic- ; ture.' \ . ■ iii ” i