DE LUXE TO-NIGHT.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1928, Page 8

DE LUXE TO-NIGHT.

MYSTERY FULL 01 LAU&HS. 41 13 WASHINGTON SQTJaM” Yes sir, it's k house of mystery, a house of thrills and a house of laughs. That’s “13 Washington Square,” the spooky, eerie film starring Jean Hersholt and Alice Joyce at the De Luxe to-nifiht. When you’re not screaming, you’re laughting, and when others scream you 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 mouths. It has its serious moments of course, and Jean Hersholt and Alice Joyce give two fine performances full of really human touches. Hersholt enacts the role of a kindly picture thief who tries to rub 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 needs no introduction following his excellent work in “The Collegians.” A great many of the laughs arc the result of Zasu Pitts adept pantomime. She is outstanding iii every nicture in which she appears. Melville Brown • director of “Cat and Canary” has made this Mary Roberts Rinehart story into a splendid picture.