MYSTERY AT REGENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 14

MYSTERY AT REGENT

STIRRING DETECTIVE STORY. ROBERT MONTGOMERY STARS. For three months prior to the beginning of the production o£ tae moixon picture “Mystery ot Air. X” which opens at the Regent, communications are said to have flown between Scotland Yard and the Alctro-Guldwyu-Alayer studios. I’hotograpns, secret records, and histories were Doing forwarded, furnishing authentic data for the new film. Roocrt Alonrgomerv is starred, and Elizabeth Allan, the beautiful English actress, plays the feminine lead. Featured playeis include Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes, Henry Stephenson, Forrester Harvey, Ivan Simpson. Leonard Aludie, Alee. B. Francis, and Charles Irwin. Alany scenes are laid inside Scotland Yard. Settings have been duplicated exactly from photographs, and specifications furnished. The ranking commissioner’s office is identical with the original, even to a bronze bust of Caesar, standing in a corner. So also is the roof, wireless room, finger-print department, bureau of records, and the exteriors of the structures. The exact procedure of criminal investigation has neon followed. • ♦ • • George Brent is the principal in “From Headquarters,” on tne programme for next Wednesday at the

Regent Theatre. Margaret Lyndsay, a popular young actress who lias come into prominence in recent years, gives a convincing performance in the opposite role. She will be rcmemoered for the part she played in “Cavalcade,” and sli also appeared in “Private Detective 62.” George Brent plays the part of a highly successful detective who employs the latest scientific methods iu the solution of crime. The story concerns the murder c-z two people ’at police headquartcis. The complications arising from misleading clues are most baffling, and the manner in which they arc finally solved gives a true insight into the methods used by the modern police organisations. * * * A fine double-feature programme is th c attraction for next {Saturday at the Regent Theatre. Th c Columbia release “Alastcr of Men” gives Jack Holt another of the strong roles that are associated with his screen appearances As Buck Garrett, he is first or ail foreman in a big American steel worsts, and through his influence with tne men rises to be president of the company. He spoils a plot to unseat a partner in the concern, annexes thc ex-president’s daughter, and generally manages to ensure that right triumphs over plotting. Fay Wray, Theodore von Eltz, Walter

Connolly, and. Berton Churchill complete the cast. “A Passpo-rt to Paris.”which is coming to the Regent on the

same programme, is one of tne most refreshing productions ever presented. J’ boasts a galaxy of talent in the pcisems of Allan Dwan. who Is responsible for the direction. Fred. Thompson, the author, and Ben Lyon and Sally Eilers, thc popular Hollywood stars.