REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 156, 4 July 1934, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

•’.FROM HEADQUARTERS,” Everyone loves a murder mystery, and “From Headquarters,” on the programme commencing to-day at the ' Regent Theatre, is a thrilling and bafi fling double murder story, with the coli ourful setting of police headquarters of ' a metropolitan city, showing officials in ■ all their activity in chasing down asj sassins. It is a realistic presentation l-of modern police methods in crime deI tect.ion, written by two police reporters, 1 Robert N. Lee and Peter Milne, based on an original story by Lee. Gordon Bates, wealthy Broadway playboy, is found dead in his apartment by his valet, Waters, shot through the eye, an abrasion on the skull and bruises on the face. A woman’s blood-stained handkerchief, initialled with the letter “W” is found in the room, and also two photographs, one of Lou Ann Winton, a show girl, Bates’ fiancee, and the other of Dolly White, a drug addict. Lieutenant Stevens, wiio had been Lou Ann’s sweetheart before Bates began to pay her attention, is assigned to the case, with Sergeant Boggs. While grilling Waters a man named Anderzain, who claims to be a rug-dealer calls at headquarters and asks for some business letters he had written Bates. The police tell him the lock of Bates’ safe is jammed, and ask him. to call later. Lou Ann is finally brought in, and later her brother shows up. Winton finally admits that he had gone to the apart-

I ment in search of his sister, that he had found her struggling with Bates, and had fought with Bates. The two, however, claim to have left the aparti ment about 10 o’clock, an hour before the murder. Tho solving of the mystery provides plenty of thrills.