GRAND

Evening Star, Issue 22450, 22 September 1936, Page 13

GRAND

Three of the most popular stars on the American screen—Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, and John Boles—enact the principal roles in 20th Century's ' A Message to Garcia,' which concludes this evening at the Grand. Bowles is Lieutenant Rowan, the man who carries the message to Garcia in the jungle interior, a message that will change the destinies of three nations. For a companion he takes Wallace Beery, an amusing rogue who is half traitor, half hero. ' CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS.' Criminal master minds plot his death, deadly cohras strike out with poisonous fangs, and foaming gorillas rage at his back, but Warner Oland as the famous Chinese detective calmly and silently unravels one of the most baffling mysteries of his entire career in the Fox picture ' Charlie Chan at the Circus,' which comes to-morrow to the Grand. It is Chan's task in the new picture to track down a mysterious killer, who, after having committed one murder, returns time and again to the scene of the crime to silence those who might know his identity. Since the murdered man was owner of a circus and his relations with the performers were none to amiable, every one of tho circus is under suspicion, including the giant gorilla who was out of his cage at the time the crime was committed 1 . W r ith few clues to work with and continuous attempts upon his life hindering his progress on the case, Chan slowly weaves a web of evidence around the suspected party. To the amazement of the police and the circus performers, who are all baffled by the mystery of the case, Chan uses one of the victims of the murderer as a decoy and cleverly traps the suspected person into revealing his two identity. The solution of the crime brings happiness to the_' large circus group who were continually terrorised by the unknown criminal. Prominent in tho supporting cast are Keys Luke, who portrays Chan's son, Francis Ford. Maxine Reiner. John M'Guire. Shirley Jleane, Paul Stanton, and J. Carrol Naish.