ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 275, 20 October 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

METEOR THEATRE. “THE MAN IN THE MIRROR.” Edward Everett Horton has one of the best parts in his career in the latest piece of delicious fooling, “The Man in the Mirror,” which is screening at the Meteor Theatre. The inimitable comedian fools us all the time. This dumb, asinine, wor-ried-looking idiot is in private life “back home,” a very thoughtful man of the world, with leanings towards the -higher sciences and, on his rare appearances on tho stage in America, plays heavy, tragic j roles! That will take as much laughing off as does his scene ni “Tho Man in the Mirror,” when lie watches, ill obvious terror, Ins own reflection stepping gaily from tho mirror-frame! Born in New York, Horton was educated at Columbia Univer- j sity, and took up stage work with his brother. He made his film, debut away back in 1918 and became an instant success. His popularity has held through “lanv years of ups andd owns, and he is known as the greatest living stealer of pic-..iic-cretins! ilis films? Too numerous to : detail, we remember such hits as “Gay Divorce.” “Throuble in Paradise” and “Top Hat.” Although “The Man in tho Mirror” lias been so phenomenally successful, Edward Everett Horton is not staying in London. One attraction may be the three-figure contract ho has just signed with Paramount. j KOSY THEATRE. | “THE LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED | MEN.” | With Hi© shrewd amiability that has | won him a preferred niche in the hearts of detective story readers and movie fans, - Nero Wolfe again solves a complicated crime. This time it involves no less than ! three murders, and its roots are embedded 20 years back in the lives of 13 men, Nero is personified in that extremely fine actor, ! Walter Connolly, who cleverly manoeuvres the character through the engrossing j Columbia production of one of Rex fit out’s better stories, “The League of Frightened Men,” now showing at the Kosy Theatre. Let it be said right now that Connolly is the perfect Nero Wolfe. Asido from being a particularly gifted actor, Connolly ia so naturally most persons’ conception of the Stout detective that it is uncanny. And, of course, there is the inimitable Lionel Stander as Archie Goodwin, Nero’s right bower, apparently it is impossible for these two actors ever to be anything less than excellent. Fine performances, are also turned in by Eduardo Ciannelli, Irene Harvey, Allen Brook, Walter Kingsford, Leonard Mudic, Edward McNamara and others. As a mat ter of fact, the cast is uniformly superior, It is a strange story of twisted minds. Twelve fellow students hazed Paul Chapin in college, and since then Chapin has bqpn a cripple who hobbles about on two canes. His resentment toward his former classmates is deep and bitter. When the 12 hazerg receive death notes they ate certain Chapin sent them; when two of their number are murdered, ihev arc sure Chapin sent them* to their death. Frightened, they call upon Nero Wolfe to protect them from Chapin’s rage. Nero, always the business maiu assesses the “league of frightened men” according to their ability to pay tor his services. With cunning strokes, he uncovers ono singular fact after another—it isn’t fair to disclose them here —until he lays bare the entiro diabolical plan. But not before another member of the “league” has met violent death. “WEST BOUND LIMITED.** The exciting incidents of a railroad drama, “West Bound Limited,” are now showing at the Kosy Theatre. From the first toot of the locomotive whistle to the last click of the rails, this movie provides thrilling entertainment.