"DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND" POWERFUL

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 11

"DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND" POWERFUL

RICHARD DIX AT KING'S THEATRE. A submarine rammed in a fog-ridden sea, a desperate "crash dive" for safety and the heroic efforts of navy divers to carry a life-bearing hose to the trapped men serve as the spectacular climax to a lively, fast-paced comedy tale in Columbia's "Devil's Playground," to be shown to -night at the King's Theatre, Stratford. A brilliant triple-threat cast comprising Richard Dix, Dolores Del Rio and Chester Morris appears in the leading roles. The events leading up to this sensational denouement concern the rough-and-tumble friendship of Jack Dorgan, navy diving ace, played by Richard Dix, and Bob Mason, Dorgan's aide, portrayed by Chester Morris. When Dix finally decides to settle down with a home of his own and his name in the telephone hook he takes as his wife the ravishing dance hall girl, Carmen, played by Dolores Del Rio. When, after a few weeks of married life, Dix leaves town on an emergency diving job and Morris returns in the inte#val, the Latter conducts a romantic affair with the unfaithful Carmen, who makes a bee-line for her old haunts as soon as her husband is merrily on his way. Dynamic drama infuses the thrilling climax when Dorgan discovers the truth and refuses to come to the aid of his old friend, a member of the crew trapped in the sunken submarine.