ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXX, Issue 2307, 6 March 1930, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

“THE UNHOLY NIGHT/’

Based on “The Doomed Regiment,” by Gen Hecht, the M.G.M. all-talking film, “The' Unholy Night,” which commences to-niglit, is not one whit less remarkable than tho manuscript itself, which is said to be based on actual fact. The gripping record of an effort to wipe out the fourteen surviving officers of a famous British Regiment long after the war had finished, is the finest example of mystery drama that the screen has vitally related to the story as a whole, and every movement, every gesture, plays a poignant part in the unfolding of the problem, as to who is responsible for the gradual and uncanny death by strangulation of the officers mentioned. To fully describe the story would be unfair to tho many pat rons who will no doubt see the picture, so let it suffice to mention some of the highlights of the feature. A London fog which, gives effective cover for petty and major crimes—authentic glimpses of Scotland Yard at work elucidating .a baffling crime in an English manor house—“Grofen Ghosts”—uncanny spiritualistic seances—a mysterious Turkish woman — and last but' not least, a series' of terrifying mudrers.

The players, 18 of whom are wellknown stage stars, are led by Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian, and Roland Young, all superb actors while the direction is by Lionel Barrymore who handles this supernatural and uncanny vehicle with the success equal to that of “Madame X.”