ENTERTAINING FILM.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 3

ENTERTAINING FILM.

Evans and Montgomery in “Fugitive Lovers.”

“ Murder in Trinidad ” heads the current programme at the Majestic Theatre. . The management is conducting an interesting guessing competition, for which the first prize is a wireless set. “ Fugitive Dovers,” a most entertaining film featuring Madge Evans and Robert Montgomery, will head the new programme at the Majestic Theatre on Monday. It is so well-acted and produced that it holds the auience in suspense from start to finish. “ Fugitive bovers ” is unique in one respect—most of the action takes place on a transcontinental bus. The plot centres around a chorus girl who is fleeing from ; the unwelcome attentions of the gang- ! ster backer of her show, the gangster, and a young man w’ho breaks prison and holds up the bus in which the girl is travelling to Hollywood. From then on the unexpected happens at odd intervals, until the girl and the escaped prisoner find themselves in charge of the bus. They run into a blizzard, rescue some almost frozen children, and then the arm of the law reaches out. To divulge what happens next would scarcely be fair, for the end of the story is different from the usual type and helps to make the picture such good entertainment. Madge Evans and Robert Montgomery have seldom given better performances than in “ Fugitive Lovers.” Excellent support is given by Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton and Ruth Selw r yn. A feature of the show are the blizzard scenes, which are as realistic as any ever shown on the screen. Box plans at the D.I.C.