AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS’ PICTURES.

A DOUBLE .STAR .PROGRAMME

“The. Man Froin Chicago” is a happy, instance of Britain poaching on Hollywood’s preserves- It has all the movement and snap of American crook films. There is plenty of story, too, to this film, which was directed by Walter Summers.. We have a car-, bandit and his friend from America, who have started a profitable practice in London, depositing their ill-gotten gains in a country garage, the owner of which'is in their pay. This gentleman has a son who is more or less engaged to a girl for whom the crook takes a fancy. Having shot a policeman in a get-away, the bandit hides out in a night club, whither he is pursued by a suspicious detective. After a series of tense moments the crook makes a dash for the garage and liberty, almost succeeds in getting away, but finally meets a reasonably-well-deserved fate, when it seems most likely that he will win freedom. Bernard Nedell, who interprets the male role, makes a perfect crook of the suave deadly type. He is one of the few Aniericans who, having come to England, have stayed and done consistently good work. Others in the cast of this thrilling drama include Joyce Kennedy—a new British vamp —Dodo Wattts, Austin Trevor, and Albert Whelan.

The second star is' “The - Black Hand Gang.” The amusing proceedings.of a crowd of urchins who imagine themselves desperate gangsters. A well-known mus:c hall artist Mi Georgie Wood —and the most amusing British Picture.