“SOCIETY LAWYER”
f < Motion picture fans who like 5 ■■ their murder mysteries baffling J 3" have something to outguess them £in “Society Lawyer,” featuring VJ 3" Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce J and Leo Carrillo. V fi This thrilling murder mystery is i superbly cast both in its major j ■■ featured players as well as in its (supporting cast. Walter Pidgeon JjC was never seen to better advan_ tage than in his role of lawyer- Jj, detective in this film. Virginia Bruce sparkles with engaging % vivacity and even discloses one of i her hidden talents when she sings as a night-club entertainer. And Ji ■ B Leo Carrillo is at his topmost form ,■ 5 in a warmly human characterise- ■! tion as a reformed gangster. 1% The story reveals the efforts of «J Pidgeon, Miss Bruce and Carrillo Ji jC to save the life of a client of Pid- «J S geon’s from the chair on a framed "■ " murder charge. Miss Bruce and Carrillo, her night-club employer, «I assist Pidgeon in finding the real murderer, setting a trap for him ■ [ in which they themselves threaten |i to be caught. Carrillo loses his life «| in seeing the ingenious plan car- ■■ ried through but the murderer is J 1 brought to justice.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 27 January 1940, Page 4
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207“SOCIETY LAWYER” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 27 January 1940, Page 4
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