MYSTERY THRILLS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12602, 12 November 1926, Page 3

MYSTERY THRILLS

“THE BAT” AT THEATRE DE LUXE. For gasp-provoking action, spinetingling suspense, clean comedy and tender love scenes, “The Bat,” famous mystery picture, commencing tonight at the Theatre Do Luxe, is in a class hv itself. Roland West, genius of mystery melodrama, lias taken the Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood stage success, and made it into what critics pronounce the year’s biggest “surprise picture.” Audiences are kept on the edge of their seats from the opening scenes to the startling finish, when the mask is torn from “The Bat,” and he is disclosed as one of the least suspected characters. The weird settings and unsurpassed photography in “The Bat” make it one of the artistic as well as outstanding dramatic triumphs of the last ten years. Although the plot of the stage play has been followed, new complications have been introduced to baffle even the hundreds of thousands who saw the spoken drama. The all-star cast has eminent players such as Jewel Carmen, Jack Pickford, "Louise Fazenda. Emily Fitzroy, Tullio Carminati, Robert McKim. Eddie Gribbon, Andre de Bcranger, Lee Shumwav, Charles Herzinger, and Soiin, famous portrayer cf Oriental •types. As the unexpected ending is the main part of this exciting production those who see the film ore asked not to disclose the identity of the Bat to their friends, ns it would spoil the whole evening’s entertainment. A special musical score in keeping with the picture will he played. The hox plans are now open at the Bristol Piano Company. Aitken s Book Arcade, or ring theatre ’phone 23-OSI. The management urge natrons to book seats early, as tremendous houses arn anticipated.