REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 12

REGENT THEATRE

r DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME r *Th< Face at the Windoy** and • 4 Round the World in 80 Minutes” are the new attractions at the Regent. In filming a murder mystery story the driector of the picture has two methods at his disposal. One is to admit the audience into the secret at the commencement, showing how the crimes were committed and exposing the identity of the assassin. The other, and more suspenseful, is to keep the onlooker as much in the dark as the de tective whose job it is to unravel the mystery. In th© version by RKO Radio Pictures of the famous mystery play, “The Face at the Window,” the latter method is chosen, and tho plot is unfolded so carefully that it is not until actually the last few feet of the film that the identity of “The Wolf” is known. The audience first sees the crime committed and then follows the deductions of Paul Le Gros (Raymond Massey; step by step, analysing the motives of those suspected—Count Fournal, known to be short of money and in love with Marie (Isla Bevan), the niece of the banker Do Brisson (Bromley Davenport); Cottier (Henry Mollison), a young bank cashier, la “The Face at the Window,” the celebrated French bank robber. “The Wolf,” is defeated in his classic battle of wits with Paul I.e Gros, the famous Parisian detective. A stimulating film, brimful of interesting scenes and refreshingly produced, or Douglas Fairbanks on a world tour, in shown in “Around the World in 80 Minutes.” “The world is a place for laughs. and full of magic,” explains Douglas Fairbanks at the outset, and one is assuredly taken with the usual, Fairbanks enthusiasm to distant places and strange landi, which immediately assume a new significance both to the seasoned traveller and also to those who have not ventured beyond the bounds of the Dominion. An entertaining descript; »n is given by Douglas Fairbanks in the film, which serves to sharpen the appreciation of the audience, not only for what is actually being shown at lhe time, but also for what is yet re come. Various aspects of this vigor <»us athlete taking some exercise board ship introduce the start of The journey, and in a short time the sv . ’ music of Hawaii indicates tho first brief halt at Honolulu. From that stage on interest quickens. At the special western matinee this afternoon another chapter of the thrilling ‘‘Battling With Buffalo Bill” serial will b© shown, while “The Sundown Trail” is a thrilling cowboy picture. “Mickey the Mouse Gots Duck Shooting” is another sK-ream. Prizes will be given on the stage to the four most popular boys or girls in cowboy costumes.