REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 8

REGENT THEATRE

t'J&TEB, THE THIN ldAN.M *f After the Thin Man," starring Wiiliam Powell and Myrna Loy,. which screens at - the Begent Theatfe to-day, is a senSational sequel to "The Thin Maa,"_ produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in response to remarkable public demand for another mystery by Dashiell Hammett, Powell and Miss Loy excel - their stellar performances in the . original and the stoiy; is. even . more intriguing. A first-rate supporting cast includes James Stewart, Elisaa , Landi, Joseph Calleia, jessie Ealph and Asta, the smaTt little wire-haired terrief that played such a clever role in "The Thiii^ Man." The picture was directed by .W. S. Van Dyke, talented director of the first picture, who is an ardent mystery stoiy xeader on his own accord. Hunt Stromberg, former 6tar newspaper man, -was the producer. f 4 After the Thin Man" presents a sparMing camedy-aystery, placed in San Franeisco. Powell, as the detective, Nick Gharles, arriyes home after a New York venture ■determined to abandon the profession of sleuthing, But he encounters immediate mystery, murder and intrigue " in' an "affair that extends from the aristocratic heights of old Nob Hill to thV shadowed alleys of Chinatown. " After the Thin Man" is a picture that will run its original a clo^p race for popularity. It is more wian a segued, for it picks up in high gear where 4 4 The Thin Man" left ofE and it never. slackens the pace.