GRAND

Evening Star, Issue 22455, 28 September 1936, Page 2

GRAND

Criminal master minds plot his death, deadly cobras strike out with poisonous fangs, and foaming gorillas rago at his back, but Warner Gland 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 is at pre sent at 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 : dcntity. To the amazement of the police and the circus performers, who are all baffled ty the mystery of the case, Chan uses one of the victims of the murderer as a decoy and cleverlv traps the suspected person into revealing his true identity. The solution ot the crime brings happiness to the large circus group who were continually terrorised by the unknown criminal. Prominent in the supporting cast aro Keyo Luke, who portrays Chan’s son, Francis Ford, Maxine Reiner, John M‘Guire. Shirley Deane, Paul Stanton, and J. Carrol Naish. ‘ TWO IN THE DARK.’ The drama, ‘ Two in the Dark,’ which will be shown on Wednesday at the Grand, has an unusually strong plot to recommend it. From the opening scene to the last the story is tense, as is always the case when the hero is under suspicion, and it is impossible to tell whether he is the guilty party or not. Walter Abel, the leading player,' finds himself in a dazed condition on a foggy night, reeling about a park with blood trickling from his forehead. How ho came to be in such a plight is as much a mystery to him as it is to a girl sitting near by (Margot Grahame). Unwittingly She stumbles upon evidence which establishes his connection with a particularly brutal crime, but, already half in love with this stranger, she unhesitatingly ta’-'s his side. The outlook grows black for this pair, strangely brought together in his hour of need, but at last his innocence is established and there is no longer any bar to their happiness. The exceptionally strong cast includes, in addition to the principals, Wallace Ford. Alan Hale, Gail Patrick, Erik Rhodes, Leslie Fenton, and Eric Blore. as yet another butler.