MYSTERY STORY
THIS MAN IS NEWS” ' British film producers have been ■ scoring fairly consistently of late. I However, in “This Man is News,” j which is showing next Tuesday at the Majestic Theatre, the British company chooses to take a hitherto purely American field, the newspaper. The result is a highly entertaining and exceptionally fast-moving murder mystery story in which a young newspaper reporter, as well as “scooping” his rivals some half-dozen times, captures a murderous gang of jewel thieves. The leading role of Drake of the Gazette is taken by Barry K. Barnes. He is thoroughly at home in the role of a hard-drinking, hardworking “star” reporter. He also creates a new record as being the 'only reporter to remain married all through the picture. The part of the “better half” is well taken by Valerie Hobson, who at times steals the show, and who is likely to go far in films. Alastair Sim gets the best out. of the role of an over-excited Scottish chief reporter.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 5
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