AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1933, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY. “THE FACE AT THE WINDOW” AND “COME ON DANGER.” A well sustained plot of bank robberies in Paris by. an underworld ring, which kills its victims by poison, makes “The.. Face at the.Window’.’ an exciting film. The development of the story achieves genuine interest, and effective ultimate surprise in the identity of the head of the.ring. Acceptable light comedy relief is provided by' Claude Hulbert. (brother, of Jack) as Peter Pomeroy, the detective’s assistant. Capable portrayals by. the cast generally, good .settings, photography and recording enhance the interest of this British RKO Radio . picture, which commences tonight at the Princess Theatre. The story concerns the efforts of Paul Le Gros, famous detective, to discover the killers of bank night-watchmen, After one such murder, most people believe the murderer is Lueien Cortier, between whom and bank manager’s daughter is an apparently hopeless love affair; but the audience knows better (or thinks it does) to the effect that the culprit is Cortier’s unsuccessful rival in love, the rather sinister Count Fournal. Fournal accuses Cortier of being the mysterious robber and shoots him in a due). A.false message lure s . Marie, De .Brisson (daughter of the banker) to Fournal’s underworld haunt. She is rescued. ho wove: - , by- Paul and Peter, n’’d finally, Paul, by a ruse, traps the real criminal in.a scene that has great, tensity and provides that surprise that is the exciting and satisfactory climax. Marie is. played. by Jsla ■ Bevan who makes a very attractive heroine. She was seen last in the Sherlock Holmes story “The Sign of Four.” The rest of the cast is made up of capable actors from stage and screen, including Raymond Massey and A. Bromley Davenport-. _ ,