REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 56, 22 March 1937, Page 11

REGENT THEATRE

ENGLISH SPY STOEY. Clive Brook's latest A.TJ^ prodate tion, "Lonely Eoad,,, at the Eegenl to-night presents this world-populat star as Hollywood never visioned hinw For here, at last, i3 the real Brook ia the role he was born to play — an ea* commander of the British Submarine Service, worMng hand-in-glove with. Scotland Yard to capture a daring gang of gun-mnners operating on the English coat. When the picture opens we find him, a rejected suitor, drinking heavily to drown his sorrows at hi town club, with only a blood-red rose, e last gift from the girl he loves, as 1 companion. Later, still decidedly thS worse for liquor, he climbs heavily into his car, which, with a deep-throated roar, speeds into the night — destination unknown l After a hair-raising drive, he accidentally stumbles upon a gang landing contraband machine guna labelled "Carpet Sweepers," and herer begins one of the most exciting phases of this breath-taking drama, that will keep you thrillef to your finger-tips, untjl the final fade-out. Playing the role of a little danc^hall partner, Molly Gordon, whose brothet is unwittingly entangled with the gurt* running gang, Victoria Hopper give« one of the most pleasing performances of her career, whilo another outstand* ing piece of work is that of FredericK Peisley, as the brother, who is nlti* matc(y acquitted through the efforts o£ Brook. Many of the scenes in "Lonely;Road" were taken in the West of Eng* land, and it is here that Clive Brook' has his exciting experiencefc in a higlw powered sports car.