"THIS MAN IS NEWS”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 25 November 1939, Page 4

"THIS MAN IS NEWS”

EXCITING NEWSPAPER MURDER MYSTERY A novel and tremendously exciting i« newspaper murder mystery with Barry m K. Barnes and Valerie Hobson in the | principal parts will be presented ink Paramount’s new British release “This h Man is News”. The imposing cast also I, includes Alastair Sim, John Warwick, k Garry Marsh, Edward Lexy, Jamesk David MacDonald directed. j The story, packed with action thrills,', suspense, delightful comedy and witty j ( dialogue, deals with a reporter who] achieves notoriety as the result of a h murder story he sends in to his paper L before the actual crime is committed. |' As may be imagined, this produces i j uncomfortable consequences for him;jj but, fortunately, he is able to prove j an alibi. The gang of crooks concerned, however, are of the opinion . that either he must possess amazing foresight, or else he knows too much; and they decide he would be better ’ out of the way. Their attentions * cause the reporter to become front- 1 page news himself, but in the end, \ with the help of his wife, he is in- ® strumental in bringing the crooks to j ’ justice. , Barry K. Barnes appears as the re-j c porter and Valerie Hobson has the;P role of his wife, and according to all j indications they will prove to be of the most 'popular screen romantic, v teams yet seen in British pictures. 3 David MacDonald made a careful E study of several offices for the big £ newspaper setting where so much of a the action of the pictures takes place, t and every care has been taken to en- t sure authenticity of detail in connection with the background of the story, p