PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 247, 18 October 1937, Page 9

PLAZA THEATRE

“CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS” The mystery of the disappearance and the recovery of an ingenious invention make a task after Charlie Chan’s heart in “Charlie Chan at the Olympics,” starring Warner Oland, at the Plaza Theatre. The new test plane is discovered on a lonely coastal beach, the robot controls having been removed and the pilot murdered. The trail of the thieves takes Charlie Chan across to Berlin by Zeppelin at a time when the city is crowded with visitors for the Olympic Games. On the way Chan overtakes the ship in which the thieves are travelling, and also among the American athletes, Chan’s “number one” son, Keye Luke, who has already scented a “case,” and has some helpful information for his father when he makes his appearance. The thieves choose these unsuspecting youngsters as dupes in assisting to make away with the invention, but Charlie Chan’s inimitable methods are too deep for them. Katherine de Mille plays the role of a woman spy, other important parts being cleverly interpreted by C. Henry Gordon, Pauline Moore and. Allan Lane. “Wings of the Morning” The greatest film that has ever come from England, and in many respects greater than anything produced in America, “Wings of the Morning,” which is to commence next Friday at the Plaza Theatre, places a simple love story against a perfect backscreen of pastel shades and delightful panoramas. England boasts that this, her first film in colour, was absolutely her own production, and with the exception of the charming French actress, Annabella, this is quite true. Of Annabella it can be said that her beauty rivals that of the scenery of which the film is so full. The colour work is something entirely different from the usual production and remarkable for its fidelity.