“THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13”

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 642, 21 December 1932, Page 3

“THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13”

Clive Brook Coming to Theatre Royal.

“ Sinners in the Sun," starring Chester Morris and Carole Lombard, will be shown for the last time at the Theatre Royal on Friday night. A most impressive cast, including Clive Brook, Charles Ruggles, Lila Lee, Gene Raymond, Frances Dee and Adrianne Allen, has been assembled in "The Night of June 13,” a powerful drama, which will head the new programme opening at the Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve. It i s a story of four suburban families, who, to all outward appearances, live quiet suburban lives. But there ar,e strange undercurrents whicl: gather force and finally burst on the night of June 13, and the four families, living in four adjoining houses, find that fate mingles their lives curiously. Clive Brook has the role of a young husband, whose wife (Adrianne Allen) is hysterically jealous of him. When she suspects him of an affair with their next-door neighbour (Lila Lee), she commits suicide. Brook finds a note from his wife, who places the responsibility for her action upon their neighbour. To protect the girl Brook destroys the note, with the result that he is charged with murder. At the trial all the neighbours lie to protect their own reputations. They put their own problems before the life of Brook because they believe him guilty in any case. The events leading up to a dramatic climax are calculated to sustain the interest of the audience. Clive Brook, who is one of the most polished k aetors on the screen, gives a fine portrayal as the wronged husband. Beautiful Lila Lee is back again on the screen after a two years’ rest. Illness forced her retirement for a period at a time when she was well on the road to stardom. Other plajers in the cast are Mary Boland, Helen Jerome Eddy, Edward Le Saint, Helen Ware, Richard Carle and Charles Grapewin.