THE BLACK CAMEL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 53, 24 October 1931, Page 5

THE BLACK CAMEL

HERO OF "CHARLIE CHAN "CARRIES OIvC5 APPEARS 1 „AG/::iN. . ; ; FiJhi faij? -vyhp saw "Charpe Chan Cafries 6n;"' the xecent 'Fox' FitmS version of Earl Derr Biggers' famous story wijth Warner Olan.4 jn the title paf t, will recall that the deep-dyed villain turnefi out " to he iiohe p^ber than C. Hepry Gordon. When ihe sahie fans see "The Black Cam.el," whicH''bp'ehs ut the' Majestic Theatre next * Satuirdayj they _ will .r.eb cogriise the" same Mr. Gprdhji' as^bpe ' of the' dozen' suspects," an(j in gruff tones wfil ' e j aculate : "Ah-hah ! There is the guilty man !" ' But then, on second thought, they will probably reflect that a direct.or would not he'apt'to haye'the same man" ' play a 1 murfierer's ' role 'ip two suecessive piqtures,*" and" thus they .will be-niore puzzled than hetore.".' "" _ 'This is only ;one' ' of the . ingenxo'us ' devices' used" b'y 'Directoy 'H'aniiltpn MacFaddeh, wh'o made hoth prpdtictioris,*to jhainta'in the. suspense p.f.the | picture right up to the enSV* ' ' : i As in the firs£ qf the series, Qland .1 enacjbs the "CJhan" role in "The Bjpck ! Caniel." Sally ' Eil'ers and Rohert .1 Young haye the rpmantic l'eads,'.,Bela \ Lugosi "heads a suppojrti'ng cast ' that ] includes " Dprothy " Revier," w tVilliam I Post," J. M., Kerr igan, Mprpy Kinnell I and Victor Varconi.