TOWN HALL TALKIES

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4346, 4 January 1938, Page 4

TOWN HALL TALKIES

“THE BRIDE WALKS OUT.” “The Bride Walks Out,” coming to the Town Hall to-morrow, AvLth Barbara Stanwyck starred, delineates money and sentiment in a maimer which twists these seious matters into gay_ situations,. Robert Young, as a waggish playboy, pits his money against Gene Raymond’s _ ambition and .35 dol. a week, to influence Miss Stanwyck, as Raymond’s wife, to obtain a divorce and many him. Miss Stanwyck’s role is quite {'event from her usual serious dramatic assignments, and her performance is "in keeping with her part,. Raymond and Young are part of a featured oast which includes Ned Sparks and Helen Broderick. “SECRET AGENT.” “Secret Agent,” Gaumont-British offering, stars Madeline Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young, and will be screened at _ the Town Hall on Saturday next. This is a grand successor to the famous Hitchrock thriller. “The 39 Steps,” and outshines even that. “Secret Agent” is a gripping adaptation of Somerset Maugham’s “Ashenden,” and it the story of a secret serviceman who sets out to thwart a German spy during the Great War. “FANG AND CLAW.” “Bring ’Em Back Alive”' Frank Buck, whose name has become a household word, has recently returned from an expedition to the Malay' Peninsula and northern India, bringing with him a new bagful of cinema tic thrills,. “Fang and Claw” is said to be not only a worthy successor to his two preceding pictures, but also radically different in many rerospectisi. It will be shown at the Town Hall on Monday evening next. “Fang and Claw” evokes thrills by a rapid succession of hair-breadth escapes and breath-taking straggles between man and animal, both in pursuit and capture.