MAJESTIC’S WAR STORY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 26 December 1936, Page 14

MAJESTIC’S WAR STORY

JEAN HARLOW IN "SUZY.” AERIAL BATTLE AND DRAMA The excitement and contusion of the mad war days is re-en-acted in “Suzy,” commencing today at the Majestic Theatre. Though the war itself is not unduly emphasised, it forms an integral part of the plot. The story revolves about the experiences of an American chorus-girl stranded in London and Paris, borne of the most striking scenes in the picture are those o. aerial battle, which are very well done indeed, with remarkably few mistakes in technique. Close-up "shots” of well-remembered war aeroplanes in flight are very tine. In the title role, Jean Harlow is at her most convincing as the girl who becomes involved in a net of German spies. As her husband, who is badly wounded by the spies, and whom she believes dead, Franchot Tone gives his usual good performance. He appears later as a test pilot of the Royal Air Force, attached to an aircraft construction plant. As Captain Moore, he is detailed to fly the latest in pursuit aeroplanes to an old friend of his, the French ace, Captain Charville (Cary Grant). But on his arrival, he finds that his wife has ‘married’ the French ace. After this revelation, the plot

becomes even more complex with the appearance of a beautiful woman spy the development of a scheme to kill Charville, and a flerce and realistic battle in the air between the new British aeroplane and a squadron of German Fokkers.