AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. . “THE UNHOLY NIGHT.” MONDAY AND, TUESDAY. - ij^p » • >The special presentation at ■ , Princess—Theatre t(Lidi#it : will sh%'j •the inner workings - ‘Scotland; ..Yard,-** London’s fanidus .detective • ,bureau, in graphic detail in -.-'.the screen’s latest mystery thriller, GThte V Night,” ' erjl?(: all-talking filmisation of Be#' •Hecht’s ,■ famous book, “The Doorirell ’ ■Regiment.” The much-heralded new* .«picture is easily the peer of all mys-’ ntery-drama stories, and moreover it ’has been presented by Lionel Barrymore, - the masterly director of “-Matk, ame X,” with that assiduous attention to detail that makes for perfect, entertainment. The-remarkable : PPjfi‘. tion ■ the police—and ■ tjie audience—. have to face, is the series of nnirders Vby vetrangulation of the' surviving offii tiers of a -famous British regiment

some years after the wa# ©tided; When

Scotland Yard rounds up the officers at Lord Montague’s English **ev house to interrogate them,'- bhotfrer ' startling murder is committed! wlieti* the officens are making piHicii rr ittid' ‘singing ‘‘Auld Lang Syne” comrades. It may confidently be-pre- ' dieted- that this ' ' and superbly produced attendance records, especially as the big cast of eighteen talented players give flawless performances. Roland Young makes his debut to the screen as ■ Lord Montague, the leading male rev: .warded yhijy.work and long-term eon-p-act. Ernest Torrence, Dorothy ■jslebasfian (looking more beautiful ever as a mysterious Turkish •feriy,'. Natalie Moorhead (statelj" •fmbnde player), Sojin (the skilful player), Lionel but not least, the tjAustirilfan, • v . nime *iso'“-hb-shbvbn; to*pi'ght.\-; t - 1 W £ P^Ksr^;^ , |a > -Stalls;-| 2s 3%. • oM; i ] ! ■