DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 3

DE LUXE THEATRE.

What would a man do if he knew that his life was to be curtailed to sis hours? ' In "Six Hours to Live," the production at the De Luxe Theatre, an answer to this question is given. Paul Onslow, the representative of a small country at a great trade conference, stands in the way of agreement on a treaty. His life is threatened, and more than threatened, and by a combination of strange circumstances he finds himself in the position of a man who. must die in six hours. The subsequent scenes are strongly handled. Based on the ancient Egyptian cult of reincarnation, and suggested by the exploits of the late Lord Carnarvon and his companion Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen and subsequently met death, as if fulfilling the decrees of the mystics that all who denied the itombs of the Pharaohs would perish, "The Mummy," which is coming to the De Luxe Theatre next Friday, strikes a new ■note in screen productions. Reincarnation is a definite reality in Egyptian tradition, and the ntes and customs of the ancients have been handed down to the present generation. Further, there is much to ponder in the fact that no fewer than five out of seven members of a British expedition did meet sudden death after they had disturbed tombs that had lain sacredly intact for centuries. "The Mummy" has oeen splendidly produced, and Korloff the star, is impressive—first as the crumbling mummy, then as the living man of 1932 His make-up is amazing, and his diction, as usual excellent. Zita' Johann's dark exotic beauty lends itself to both the ancient and the modern, settings of "The Mummy." As-a priestess of1 Isis 3000 years ago, and as a modern society girl of 1932, she is equally beautiful. David Bramwell Fletcher and Edward van Sloan give brilliant portrayals. An- added attraction will be the return season engagement of the popular organist, Mr. Paul T. Cullen.