SCREEN THRILLER

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 71, 14 November 1931, Page 7

SCREEN THRILLER

A. A. MILNE'S FAMOUS MYSTERY DRAMA COMING "The Perfect oi," A. A. Milne's famous myster, ama which scored a two-season's \ ;e triumph in New York, arrives ? i screen thrxller at the Majestic T xtre next Saturday. Perfect, yes! ream of all evaders of justice, buf imost generally impossible. Milm master of drama and ene of England's foremost writers, shows in this suspense-filled melodrama, how 'inescapable is the penalty for crime. Planned craftily, performed with genius-lilce care, with no step uncovered, one of the most startling and

chilling crimes sueceeds. There' seems fco be no loophole for discovery. Yet discovery talces place. There is never the perfect alibi. The ingeniousness of plot, the swift pace of action and the building up of taut suspense makes "The Perfect Alibi" one of the outstanding mystery plays of stage or screen. This is the verdict of New York stage critics who, on its stage premiere on Broadway, praised its effectiveness, its brilliant writing and its cunning plot. "The Perfect Alibi" also achieved a triumph in London under the title "The Fouth Wall." In the cast are such noted English players as C. Aubrey Smith, seen here in Marion Davies' production of "The Baehelor Father." Warwick Ward, Robert Loraine, Dorothy Boyd, and Frank Lawton, Basil Dean, noted director, adapted and produced "The Perfect Alibi" for Radio Pictures. i W