A NOVELTY IN THRILLERS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1933, Page 3

A NOVELTY IN THRILLERS.

Eye-popping, teeth-chattering, spinetingling thrills, with a comedy kick like a back-hand elap of forty mules, is condensed into the amazing talkie of ‘ ‘ The Ghost Train, ’ ’ a British Dominions film, which is to be screened at the Regent Theatre on Thursday and Friday. The famous stage thriller, that made Australia shiver in the summer of 1927, and then later as a silent film production, has lost none of its blood-chilling propensities in its transscription to the talking picture screen, and the opportunities offered by the. talkie art to still further enhance the comedy sequences have been eagerly pounced upon by the producers. Jack Hulbert, the eminent British actor, plays to perfection the role of the silly ass w’ho pulls the communication cord and stops the train to retrieve his hat, thus causing ithe other passengers to miss their London train at Fal Vale Junction. A terrific storm breaks, and they are forced to make a night of it in the little w r ayside station’s waitingroom, despite the strenuous efforts of the station-master to make them leave by telling them of the weird reputation which the place enjoys. As they prepare to make themselves comfortable, with the storm howling outside, things begin to happen —strange visitors arrive, hystericus lights shine, and in some inexplicable manner the station telegraph instrument taps out the sinister message that, twenty years previously, caused the terrible railway smash from which sprang the legend of “The Ghost Train!” Superbly enacted by a talented cast of players, which includes Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, and many other wellknown screen identities, “The Ghost Train” is entertainment of the type calculated to please all classes of the community.