KIDNAPPING REVELATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 21722, 17 May 1934, Page 12

KIDNAPPING REVELATIONS

IK STRAND'S THRILLING PICTURE An exceptionally large and talented cast of players appears in the principal roles of ‘ Bureau of Missing Persons,’ a humorous as well as thrilling revelation of tho secret in the lives of those who strangely drop out of sight, which comes to the Strand Theatre to-mor-row. It is a timely production, suggested by the numerous sensational kidnappings that have roused the whole world. There are seventeen players in the leading roles, all of whom have had successful careers on both the stage and screen. The cast is headed by Bette Davis, the blonde star of ‘ The Cabin in the Cotton,’ ‘ The Working Man,’ and many others. Miss Davis had a background of Broadway experience previous to entering screen work. Lewis E. Stone, the veteran screen and stage player, whose work was so notable in ‘ Grand Hotel ’ and ‘ The White Sister,’ has the role of the chief of the missing persons bureau. His is the counterpart of the position held in the New York police department by Captain John H. Ayres, the man who collaborated on the book from which the screen play was written. Pat O’Brien, a well-known stage player before he entered picture work two years ago, has the romantic lead opposite Miss Davis. Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, and Ruth Donnelly are responsible for most of the fun with which the picture is packed.