BRITANNIA
“EASY PICKINGS”
One of the most thrill-packed mystery pictures the screen has presented, ”Eas3- Pickings,” a First National production, with Anna Q. Nilsson featured, comes to the Britannia Theatre tonight.
“Easy Pickings” carries all the punch and spine-tingling qualities of these famous mystery thrillers of the stage, such as “The Bat” and "The Cat and the Canary.” In fact it was originally written as a stage play of this order by its authors, William A. Burton and Paul Cruger. They then rewrote the story specially for Miss Nilsson before offering the stage version for New York production. Miss Nilsson appears in the introductory sequence in male costume, the garb made so popular among Nilsson fans by its use in her "Ponjola” and “Miss Nobody.” It is followed, however, by an elaborate feminine wardrobe, which she wears throughout the most of the picture. She is supported by Kenneth Harlan as leading man, and through tense mystery a charming love story is woven.
In “Snowbound” Master Pictures oiler an amusing farce comedy, portrayed by a cast of well-known players, including Betty Blythe, Lillian Rich, Bebert Agnew, George Faweett, Martha Mattox, Harold Goodwin, Guin Williams, and Pat Harmon.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 15
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196BRITANNIA Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 15
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