DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1933, Page 3

DE LUXE THEATRE.

, A thriller. Indeed Is- "The Mask of Fu Manchu," now being screened at the De Luxe Theatre. An expedition .is dispatched. to the East to hunt for the tomb or Genghlz Khan. Dr. Fu.Manchu also.seeks.the tomb, .andthe British Government fears- the consequences If this fanatic should' seek to make a holy war. Therefore Sir Terrance Grahvillo" is urged to find •the tomb first. . Instead, he falls into the bands ■'? « 2 $*"?' who tortures him in the effort to find the whereabouts'of the tomb. It is a story which ahounds with excitement . '/'.* i? 0?' 8 t0 LlTe>" whlch Das its premiere at the De.mxeTheatre.on Frtday, Is a powerful romantic drama. Warner Baxter in the principal role is said-to be as fine as he ever has been in any picture,' as he gives a sincere Interpretation of. the romantic role of ' Captain, Paul Onslow," an international diplomat. The ■ story, briefly, centres about the efforts of Baxter, representing-a small republic, to cave his countty from ruin by an unfair trading treaty which the world powers are tryipg to force through a- session at the Peace Palace at. Geneva, Switzerland. The unique manner in which Baxter foils their efforts makes for powerful drama. Baxter shares romantic interest- with Miriam Jordan, a newcomer from'the London and Broadway stages, and the. ever-popular John Boles. George Marlon 'does an: excellent job In the role of an eccentric , scientist, and Beryl Mercer 'Is her: usual .sympathetic self as a war mother. Irene Ware, recently seen •In the leading feminine • role In "Chandu? the Magician," makes' a! small, part stand out.