CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8848, 28 November 1935, Page 2

CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT

SHOWING AT ACADEMY TO-

NIGHT Warner Gland’s latest screen appearance as that genial and philosophical Chinese sleuth, Charlie Chan —one of the most completely captivating detective heroes in the history of book or screen—takes place at the Academy Theatre to-night and on Friday, when Fox Film’s latest vehicle for the inimitable Warner Oland, “Charlie Chan in Egypt,” will be screened. In this picture, the eighth of the famed Chan series, Fox Film has produced an ingeniously thrilling and baffling mystery. It is the most pretentious Chan picture ever made and carries the interest from thrill-packed sequence to chilipacked sequence with Stepin Fetchit adding much well-received comedy. The story carries Charlie Chan to the mystery-scented land of the Pharoahs, in the Valley of the Kings, amid the splendors and riches of the last resting places of the mighty monarchs of thousands of years ago. Priceless gold and jewelled treasure have been taken from among those brought to light by the French Historical Society’s ' expedition, near I Luxor on the Nile, and Charlie .Chan I is assigned to trace the' thefts and ' the thieves. A killer strikes and with the shadowy hand of death casting its gloom over the entire family of the expedition’s leader, Charlie Chan’s skill and courage are tested to their limit. For sheer suspense and ingenuity, the newest of Charlie Chan mysteries tops all its predecessors and Oland once more registers heavily in his most celebrated role. 1