MYSTERY STORY
MASTER CRIMINAL WHO REMA1NED ALWAYS UNSEEN. I ; "BEHIND THE MASK." • } "Behind the Mask," a story of mysI tery and horror, which comes to the J Majestic Theatre on Saturday, Octo- ' b;r 8, features an interesting mecha1 nical device, which plays an important ; part in unfolding the plot. | This instrument keeps members of j ; a dope ring in communication with j ' their powerful but rnysterious leader. ; Tbey work for him loyally without knowing who he is, because they know ' | what it means to cross hina. Then, they learn the identity of their phan- ( tom-like "rnaster," hut it is too late, because he kills them off in a terri-fic-ally brutal manner. So they work for this demon fearfully, but faithfully, and submit a series of laiessages on the activities. The reports are telsphonic comrnunieations. The informant dials a number, which is transmitted to a telephone with an automatic reeeiv- _ ing device, that operates by means of a wax record. The dialing on the cther phone releases a slender metallic arm which sets a wax record whirling. The message is recorded in this manner. Several tiiaaes during the course of the picture this device is shown rsceiving reports, but never with any person present. Participants in this thriller include Jack Holt, Boris Karloff, Constance Cummings, Edward an Sloan, Willard Robertson, Claude King and Bertha Mann.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 342, 1 October 1932, Page 7
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