“WHIPSAW”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 1 July 1939, Page 13

“WHIPSAW”

| Adventure and romance, drama and I comedy, are deftly blended in “WhipI saw,” which brings Myrna Loy to the j screen in a new hit with Spencer Tracy j as her co-star. j Seldom has Hollywood given theatrej goers a more happily mated team of 1 stars than Miss Loy and Tracy. The | latter has a role in which his delightful ! brand of egotism and bombast is tem- ! pered with an entirely human romance. I Miss Loy’s characterisation gives her j an opportunity for the whimsical lighti »’fcss she first displayed in “The Thin I Man” and which marked her as a vivid new screen personality. | “Whipsaw” is a story of “angles.” ( Not only does the locale shift with lightning rapidity from London to New I York and thence throughout many midi western cities, but the mood and the direction of the story shifts almost as rapidly. i The plot concerns itself with smugj gled jewels, which Miss Loy, as a member of an international ring of jewel thieves, is presumed to have in her possession. Tracy is a secret service man, who attempts to trap her through romantic intrigue. He manoeuvres her into a situation in which she must pass as j his wife, and the story moves swiftly ; through a chain of events which keeps | excitement and suspense at fever | height. j An excellent supporting cast ap- | pears with the stars. It includes Harvey Stephens. William Harrigan, Roi bert Warwick. Irene Franklin, Lillian Leighton, Wade Boteler and Clay Cle-

| ment, among others. John Qualen is s j new personality who scores a distinct personal triumph as a bewildered MisJ souri farmer. William Ingersoll turns ; in an excellent performance as a counI try doctor.