MAJESTIC THEATRE
HILARIOUS COMEDY '• ‘ 'l'Uin ■ CASE OF THIf VELVET CLAWS.” Comedy and mystery are entertainingly.- blended in another of Erie Stanley-. Gardner’s baffling murder mystery., thrillers, “The Case of the Velvet” Claws”, with Warren William again in the role of Perry Mason, the;, lawyer-detective made famous bv the writer. Eight persons are suspected of the lulling of a rich and eccentric blackmailer, wno secretly -publishes -a scandal . sheet. These include ins wife, his nephew, tho detective working on the case, and members ol the wealthy man’s household. Several motives are brought to light as the possible cause of the crime, including a plot to cover up a love scandal, greed lor tbo old all’s riches, and 'vengeance. Claire Dodd, beautiful blonde actress', has the role of Warren Williams’ wise-cracking secretary, and liis' bride whom be deserts on his wedding niglitl to work on the crime ease, lie being forced into it -by 'the wjfe of tho,'■slain man at the- point of Hi gun. Winifred , &>ligw has the role of the murdered man’s wife, while others in the cast include Gordon Elliott, . Joseph. Kii)g, Addison. Richards,' Eddie AcufiV Olin Howland Kenneth Harlan, Dick Purcell, Clara Blamvick, Ruth Robinson, Paula Stone;, Stuart Holmes. and Carol Hughes;i The featurottes are bright and amusing. Plans are now open for the special double-bill, commencing one Easter Saturday.—Dick l -Eoran in ‘‘California. Mail,” and Ricardo Cortez in “Man Hunt.’-’
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13126, 24 March 1937, Page 7
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