A CLEVER CRIME DRAMA

Evening Star, Issue 22192, 21 November 1935, Page 1

A CLEVER CRIME DRAMA

STATE SECURES POTENT PICTURE The _ combination of William Powell and Ginger Rogers should be sufficient recommendation, for any picture. As a crime detector, Powell has played a number of leading roles, all of which, have- demonstrated his outstanding ability to keep his audience in suspense until the end of the film, and to pro* gress slowly but surely towards the ob* jective_ of tracking down crime leaders. And Ginger Rogers, who recently scored such a success in 1 Roberta,’ is, evep more attractive in her present part. The film, ‘.Star of Midnight,’ opens tomorrow at the State, and can bo assured of a splendid reception by local theatregoers. ‘ Star of Midnight ’ provides question and answer to_ a crime problem of more than usual intricacy. What lay behind the disappearance of a stage favourite, Mary Smith? Why was a newspaper gossip writer killed? And who was responsible for the crime? A brilliant New York lawyer (William Powell) sets out to complete the answers, and ho is joined in the task by a young society girl (Ginger Rogers), who frankly and openly declares her intention of marrying him. Thereby hangs the tale, and into the plot are drawn a Chicago gangster, another lawyer, and a number of minor characters. Clues for the detection of the criminal are rarer than suspects, - and suspicion fastens itself to half a dozen persons. Powell arid Miss Rogers take time in their investigations, .during which a story of romance is wound round the mystery. The story has * background of social and night life, together with views of the underworld.