AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

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“SCOTLAND YARD.” Make-upj as-hfi art, is brought to it s highest perfection by Edmund Lowe in (the dual role he portrays in “Scotland Yard,” Fox Movietone drama of the. efficiency of the world’s greatest criminals hunters, t directed by William K. Howkfd, ;.which will be shown at the Princess Theatre jfp-night and Sat-

urday. v >.= As Sir John Lasher, Lowe portray hid ustyal polishej gentleman of th world. But as “Dakin Barrolles,” Eri| land’s most feared bank robber, h must assume the. disguise of the undei world. Tile intensely human story ir volves the struggle' of an underworl character to? resume his place in decen society. Though the mistake of a plasti surgeon vwho rebuilds his face after i has been mangled in battle, Barrolles al i „ j

tne criminal, is made to appear exactly like Sir John Lasher, English gentleman. At first he is to be accepted by society without having to pay for his former crimes. But his sense of honour prevents him from keeping up the pose when he finds the wife of the .man he is representing to be, loves him and he loves her. That is the dramatic climax. He must choose whether he'shall" takeLthe love offered and

escape the* prison Bars or confess, and earn the Tight to that love. Joan Bennett, : . wife of ,~, Sir John Lasher, heads the, ..cast. These include Barbara. Leonard, Donald .Crisp, Georges Renevant, Lumsden Hare, David. Torrence and, Halliwell Hobbes. Good supports and further,, chapters, of serial.