KING'S THEATRE

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11026, 24 December 1928, Page 6

KING'S THEATRE

BOXING NIGHT—“THE GHOST TRAIN.” Eye-popping, tectk-ch uttering spine tingling thrills, with a comedy kick like the back-sand slap of forty mules is condensed into- the amazing screen version of “The Ghost Train,” a Master Picture Special which is to be screened at the King’s Theatre on Wednesday. Guy Newall„ the -eminent British actor, plays to perfection the roll of the silly ass who pulls the communication cord and stops the train to retrieve his hat, thus causing the rest ot the passengers to mis® their London train at He-Ilhricigo. A terrific storm breaks, and they are forced to make a night of it- in the little wayside station’s waiting-room, despite the strenuous efforts of the stationmaster .to make them leave by telUng them cif the weird reputation which the place enjoys. As they nrepaic to make themselves comfortable with the storm howling outside, things begin to happen— strange visitors, arrive. mysterious lights'shine and m some inexplicable manner the station telegraph instrument taps out the sinister message that, twenty years previously, caused the’ terrible railway smash from which sprune the legend of The Ghost Train.