"NIGHT KEY."
In "Night Key," an unusual drama of the underworld, Boris Karloff reveals himself more clearly than ever before as a character actor of the highest rank. For perhaps the first time in his film-acting career, he has a role entirely divorced from the "monster", types which have made him w^rld-famous. It is difficult to believe that the role of the feeble, half-blind old scientist in "Night Key" is played by the same afitor who was the per; sonification of evil in "Frankenstein." It is doubtful whether even the great Lon Chancy, artist though he was in the portrayal- of difficult roles, could match .Karloff in this transfiguration.
The story is a- thrilling one, and tells how the old scientist, Mallory, who has discovered the secret of a ray-operat-
ing burglar alarm system, is duped by a shrewd lawyer and an old business partner,' and how he takes a very pretty revenge. The part of "Louie" a petty thief whom he takes into partnership, is well played by Hobart Cavanagh. Jean Rogers is convincing in the part of. the scientist's daughter.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 21
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182"NIGHT KEY." Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 21
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