Search for Synthetic Diamonds the Plot

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 175, 27 July 1938, Page 11

Search for Synthetic Diamonds the Plot

BULLDOG DRUMMOND’S PERIL, SAPPER ADVENTURE

(Mayfair: Screening Saturday.) Man’s age-old search for synthetic diamonds forms the plot background of the latest H. C. (Sapper) McNeile adventure story to be brought to the screen by Paramount, “Bulldog Drummond’s Peril.’ ’

When a great English chemist discovers a way to manufacture perfect diamonds in his laboratory, the world’s largest diamond trust makes desperate and criminal efforts to save its skin. The trust’s henchmen kidnap the chemist land try to pry his secret from him, but their plans are foiled when one of the

professor’s close friends enters the case. Jn a series of exciting adventures, during which both he and his beautiful fiancee are captured by the gang, Drummond, aided by Colonel Nielson of Scotland Yard, tracks down tho criminals and prevents their campaign of intrigue and murder from spreading. Seasoned players of previous “Bulldog Drummond” stories, John Howard, John Barrymore, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, Nydia Westinan and E. E. Clive, head the cast, while new r comers include Porter Hall, Elizabeth Patterson and Michael Brooke.