AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURE*

“TRENT’S LAST CASE. TO-NIGHT.

,A-year’s supply of thrills and shivers, a cast that picture fans will hail with joy, and the most baffling huir l der, mystery that yet has come to - screen, are three. of the- outstanding attractions in “Trent’s Last Case,” Fox Films, latest dramatic hit at the Princess Theatre to-night.,. Crisp, Raymond Griffith, Raymond ]Hatton, ; Marceline Day, Nicholas ■Soussanin, Anita Garvin and Lawrence Gray have the principal roles, • cast that for dramatic / screen prominence and siuta'bility for the part, seldom has been equalled in [..any production. Howard Hawks, the director, was given carte blanche by Fox officials to select what players he, ...wanted, irrespective of their affiliations. or salaries;. the only requirement was . that eac}i one ipust fit.,.the- roje like a glove,*.and Hawk’s success in achieving this g° a l * s proven by the remarkable performance, ,giyen by the entire cast. Ijj s neyqr-faltering . direction skillful y maintains the suspense. Taken from a noyel, that, has thrilled many thousands of readers, “I>ent’s_ Last Case,” by E. C. Bentley, tjfre_ filn| : play is a faithful rendition" of the story, plus the increased, in-_ tensity due. to the dramatic possibilities .of the screen itself. In brief the plo.t ■ revolves about ..the figure of a saturnine cripple, who plans t° shoot himself in supfif. bring a charge of attempted murdei on his .wife’s. ,)oyer._, The which the web of circumstantial evidence is tightened and the breatitaking climax, makes the picture one of the mofit, unusual film drams of the year. From the .opening scenes, with Dorn*# Crisp>g.iyinS what , is perhaps the finest portrayal of a | the, menacing plotter, to the hna fad#-out„ there is literally a thi'l a .minute” for the spectators. Ample comedy is furnished in the person of'• Ravmond : Hatton as the irascible.. Old..uncle m- '-the lovely Marcclme Day is charming and, appealing/.as the', harassed' wife, yhile Bjiyn?ond ■Griffith makes a notable characterisation of the ’ .detective. tPJio 'uswil including a good, comedy.' - .' v t ' . : Wednesday Ken Maynard : “Cheyenne,” the greatest, • the ihdfet.. thrilling and exciting picture that “Tile Ac© of-. Western Stars” lias ever made. ' It