DARDANELLES DEFENCES

Evening Star, Issue 22031, 17 May 1935, Page 14

DARDANELLES DEFENCES

THEME OF MAYFAIR ATTRACTION A story of the days when the Turks were fighting desperately to .retain their hold on the Dardanelles is told in ‘Stamboul Quest,’ which comes to the Mayfair .to-morrow with .Little, Miss Marker.’ The film deals with the life of the spies who were carrying on a struggle behind the lines as desperate as that in which the actual fighting forces were engaged. 1 Stamboul Quest’ tells the story of Germany s famous Fraulein Doktor, who became involved in a romance with a young American medical student when sho should have been devoting all her energies to discovering whether All Bey, who commands the Dardanelles defences, was a traitor. The climax of this picture is a really unusual one, which it would bo unfair to reveal. Myrna Loy has one of her best roles as the charming, but cool-headed. Fraulein Doktor, but the surprise of the picture is George Brent, who provides comedy with a brilliant characterisation as the boyish American. Lionel A twill and C. Henry Gordon also have important roles. Youngest of all the members of the cast of ‘ Little Miss Marker ’ is tiny five-year-old Shirley Temple, who plays the title role. This little girl, who is featured with such seasoned players as Adolphe Meniou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, and Lynne Overman, plays the role of the child who is left with the bookmaker as collateral on a racing; 1.0. U. When her father fails to reclaim her Shirley is adopted by the bookmaker, Adolphe Mcnjou, and soon grows to be part of the strange world behind the scenes of Broadway.