DELUXE TO-NIGHT.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 August 1928, Page 8

DELUXE TO-NIGHT.

MYSTERY THRILLER FULL OF LAUGHS. "IS WASHINGTON SQUABE." Yes sir, it's a house of mystery, a house of thrills and a house of laughs. That's "13 Washington Square," the spooky, eerio film starring Jean Ilersholt and Alice Joyce at the De Luxe to-night. When you're not screaming, you're laughing, and when others scream vou laugh —both with them and at them". Taken all in all, "13 Washington Square" is as thoroughly entertaining as any picture which has played here for months. Jt has its serious moments of course, and Jean flersholt and Alice Joyce give two line performances full of really human touches. Hersholt enacts the role of a kindly picture 'thief who tries to rob the house owned by Miss Joyce, who believes he is after her jewels. There's a young couple in love, very capably and sympathetically portrayed by George Lewis and Helen Foster. Lewis need's no introduction following his excellent work in "The Collegians." A great many of the laughs are the result of Zasu Pitts adept pantomime. She is outstanding in every picture in which she appears. Melville Brown director of "Oat and Canary" has made this Mary Boberts Rinehart story into a splendid picture.