REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 15, 11 October 1937, Page 8

REGENT THEATRE

"AFTEB THE THEN MAN." "After the Thin. Man," starring William Powell and Myrna, Loy, which screens at ihe Begent Theatre to-day, is a sensational sequel to "The Thin Man," produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in response to remarkable public demand for auother mystery by Dashiell Hammett. Powell and Miss Loy excel their stellar performances in the original and the stoxy is even more intriguing. A flrst-rate supporting cast linelu-des James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Balph and Astai the smart-little wire-haired terrier that played such. a clever role in "The TMn Man." The picture was .directed by W. S. Van Byke, falented director of the first picture, who is aa ardent mystery story xeader on Ms own accord. Hunt Stromberg, former etar newspapor man, was the producer. "Aftef the Thin Man" presenta > eparkling comedy-mystery, placed in San I*rancisco. Powell, . as the dete.ctive, Nick Charles,- axrives home^afterfa N4ir York venture determined to abandon the profession of sleuthing. But he encounters immediate mystery, murder and intrigae in an affair that extends from the aristocratie heights of old Nob Hill fco the shadowed alleys Of CMnatown. "After the Thin Man" is a picture that will run its original a close race for popularity. It is. more than a sequel, for it picks up in high gear where "The Thin Man" left og and'it never slackens the pace. i