THRILLING DRAMA
' BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS ' Romance, comedy, melodrama, and pathos in palatable doses are cleverly stirred together in ‘ Bureau of Missing Persons,’ which heads Friday’s new programme at the Strand Theatre, to make it one of the most entertaining and fastest-moving pictures shown for some time. With a cast headed by Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, and Pat O’Brien, the latter in one of the best characterisations ho has ever given, the film is sure to please audiences because of the novelty of theme and it's exciting finish. The story abounds in acting opportunities for such seasoned creators of character as Lewis Stone, who plays the captain of the bureau ; Pat O’Brien, in the role of a self-satisfied “ flat-foot ” detective, just transferred from the robbery squad; Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins as hard-boiled detectives in the bureau who don’t turn a hair at any of the tragedies that arc a daily part of the bureau’s routine. The real drama of the picture, however, centres around the and fascinating figure of Norma Phillips—played with, feeling and conviction by Bette Davis.
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Evening Star, Issue 21721, 16 May 1934, Page 1
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179THRILLING DRAMA Evening Star, Issue 21721, 16 May 1934, Page 1
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