COSY THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 159, 23 July 1937, Page 13

COSY THEATRE

•DABK JOITRNEY" TO-MORROW. A spy druma magnificently presented and with an arresting theme, comes lo rhe Cosy Theatre to-morrow. It is "Dark Journey," which was produced for London Ifilma by Yictor Savulle, English director of repute. Those already privileged to see Oonrad Yeidt and Vivien Leigh, a beautiful actress who has had a phenomenal screen career, in this stirrdng film, agree that it is outstanding entertainment. Stockholm during the Great War years provides the backgrounds of the story, a thrilling and romantic one of counterespionage. Conrad Veidt has a strong dramatic role as a German spy who is torn betwceh duty aud love. Although a neutral eapatal, Stoekholm was a happy hunting ground for spies of all nations. Baron Karl von Marwitz, an apparent deserter from the German navy, eeeks peace in the frivolity of the capital's gay life. He falls in love* with Madeleine Godard, whose shop provides a cloak and means of communication with Paris for her political activities. The story is strong and full of surprising situations. Thrilling highlights includo the encounter of a Swedish packet-boat with a German Uboat and many other sea battlee. There are scenes depictdng with stark reality a combat between a Q-ship and a German submarine, resulting in the «iestruction of the latter. Also screening is the latest Mickey Mouse cartoon. "Public Enemy's Wife" screens finally to-night.