“DOCTOR'S SECRET" AT LONDON

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1010, 28 June 1930, Page 14

“DOCTOR'S SECRET" AT LONDON

Sir James M. Barrie’s play “Half an Hour’* is admirably transferred to the screen in “The Doctor’s Secret,” which is the current attraction at the London .Theatre. The picture shows in a striking way the change from happiness to tragedy that can occur in a woman's life in a comparatively short time. Ruth • hatterton, who takes the leading role, gives a fine characterisation of a woman’s fortitude in a tragic situation. The film is essentially English in its presentation and in its cast. The story shows a woman’s subjection to a ceaseless mental goading by her husband. Finally, she decides to end it all by leaving him and fleeeing to the Continent with a man whose only interest is to make her happy. Just as happiness seems within her grasp, circumstances prevent the whole plan and she has to return to her luxurious but hateful home. Chief among the supporting pictures is “Nap.” a gem of farcical comedy, in which Ernie Lotinga is responsible for most of the humour.