AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT AND TUESDAY. ‘•THE GAUNT STRANGER.” ‘‘The Gaunt Stranger,” to-night’s attraction at the Princc.ss. IlicatVe, j a tiirill-teeining story of a,.mastpr criminal’s vengeance on a crooicyd)' lawyer for the, betrayal of his sister? Adapted from “The Linger,”U one,, most popular of all Edgar ;-novels, “The Gaunt Stranger”--proyidps «tirriiiig' entertainment liteigllylsrlpuckjod;, with mystery and suspense vi.iThe-.taie turns on the threat of a ; Supposedly dead killer ‘The Ringer” .to murder; the unscrupulous lawyer, Meisfrer. Oil being called in, the police'barricade the. house and throw cordoUS'-round the entire property—yet ■at the predicted hour IVleister is killed in baffling-cu 1 - 'ciimstaiVces. No praise-can be too high for the expert maimer in which the tension* is built up to-Meister’s hour of doohi', or for the gripping- suspense in those last few moments. Herb, there, and in fact everywhere, TioWevcr,. is a delightful touch of Cockney comedy to protide welcome relief to the thrills that chase each other up , and down your spurn. 'Particularly noteWoithy in the special cAs.t of this Miciiael Balcon production, is.* the Meister of M ill rid Lawson, played on . mocking,. sardonic lines / the bland'police sijfgeon of Alexander Ivnox ; Louise Henry’s, .assertive! portrait of thp killbi/s Wife, and the diverting- Cockney jHiimpUr Qf; Somite Hale as a lag; opt pip licenije,,to help the .police in.tjicir .quest for % killer. Other excellent, portrayals , are jgiye.n by Patrick, parr,, Patricia Rpq, -Peter;; ,Croft and John Longdcn .. • ; j i Also Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in ’’Thanks for the Memory”, a Paramount production.