TOWN HALL TALKIES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3265, 5 February 1935, Page 5

TOWN HALL TALKIES

MYRNA LOY IN SPY DRAMA TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW The Town Hall Talkies present a sensational picture of intrigue and espionage, "Stamboul Quest," as the feature for to-night and to-morrow. Filmgoers who think of the spy romance they,see on the screen as being of a purely fictional nature, and that there is no place for the spy in times of peace, will be surprised to learn that in the past two years more than five hundred men and women have been arrested as spies in various countries abroad. The information was revealed during research for "Stamboul Quest" with Myrna Loy in the role of one of the world's most fascinating and dangerous spies. From information compiled by research experts it was revealed that Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany and the United States have been harrassed by unseen hands who have proved themselves masters of international espionage. The man whom Myrna Loy is determined to catch in the film narrative is played, by George Brent. Other? who have prominent roles in the cast include C. Henry Gordon, Lionel AtwiU, Judith Vossclli and Leo Carroll. 1 ' Great Expectations '' Right out of the pages of classic History on to the screen comes "Great Expectations," the greatest,, most absorbing and most human story Charles Dickens ever wrote. "Great Expectations" comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday. A truly distinguished cast, headed by Henry Hull, America's premier interpretive actor, Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed, Alan Hale, George Breakston, Francis L. Sullivan, and many others, interpret these famous characters. The film is an authentic, sympathetic translation. of the sweeping novel by the English master, directed by Stuart Walker, who has been a Dickens scholar all his life, and was for many years the leading exponent of the repertory theatre in America.