ARROWTOWN TALKIES.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4230, 15 October 1935, Page 5

ARROWTOWN TALKIES.

SCREENING NEXT SATURDAY.

“JOURNAL OF A CRDIE.””

Ruth Chatter ton comes to the Atheneum Hall on Saturday evening next in “Journal of a Crime,” her latest starring vehicle for First National, which is claimed to he the finest production in which she has ever appeared. Based on the powerful drama of the French playwright, Jacques Deval, it certainly offers her untold opportunity of dramatic expression, in which art she is the peer of any actress of the screen, or for that matter the stage, for she was one of the headlines on Broadway before she began work in pictures. The drama depicts the devastating effects of a murder on the conscience of a sensitive and refined woman, although that murder was committed to save her home from a love pirate. Besides this emotional side of the play there is much thrilling action, including the actual murder committed behind flic wings of a theatre, where the star of a musical revue is shot down during a rehearsal. Miss Chatterton has the role of the murderess and is supported by an unusually strong and talented cast. Adolphe Menjon plays opposite her as her husband playwright, whose philanderings with the beautiful and popular star of his revue leads to the tragedy. Claire Dodd, noted for her homewrecking roles, has the part of the comedy star and rival of Miss (Chatterton for the affections of Menjon. Others in the cast include George Barbier, Douglas Dumbrille, Noel Madison, Henry O’Neill, Philip Reed, Henry Kolker, and Frank Reicher.