KING’S THEATRE.
A MURDER MYSTERY
Who killed the Canary? With the second night of “The Canary Murder Case,’’ tlie new Paramount detective drama from the story by S. S. Van Dine, at the King’s Theatre to-night an exciting mystery is placed before the people of this town. “The Canary,” beautiful chorus girl, played by Louise Brooks, found murdered in her apartment. Six men and one woman have motives for wishing her dead, and each of the seven persons perform suspicious actions about the time of the crime. Dr. Ambrose Lindquist-, played by Gustav von Seyffertitz, is a half-crazed nerve specialist madly in love with “The Canary,” and jealous of her attentions to other men. On the night of the murder he is seen around her apartment. Jimmy Spotswoode, gay young offspring of a millionaire father, has got into the power cf “The Canary,” and she threatens to marry him. Charles Spotswoode. played l>v Charles Lane, a wealthy broker, father of Jimmy, offers “The Canary” money to release Jimmv. and is scornfully snublied. Alv LaFosse. chorus trirl friend of . “The Canary.” who lives next do nr, is shown to possess a key to “The Canary’s” apartment-. Charles Cleaver, rlave-d by Lawrence Grant, is another wealthv admirer of “The Canary” whom she holds in her power. There are the suspects. There is the evidence. New who killed “The Canary” and- why?
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17663, 14 August 1929, Page 4
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