GREAT FILM

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 460, 18 February 1933, Page 7

GREAT FILM

BAXTER GIVES CAREER'S BEST PERFORM AN CE i IN FOX PICTURE. j ♦ '"SIX HOURS TO LIVE." International intrigue, mystery,_ romance and drama 'have been eombined in masterful manner to make "Six Hours to Live," whichi opens at the Majestie Theatre on Saturday, February 25, one of the most entertaining pictures of the year*. Warner Baxter is immense in one of the most colourful roles of his career, that of Captain Baul Onslow, diplomat, who struggles, single-hand-ed, to save his small country from the hands of powerful neighbours. The picture takes its title from the eircumstance that the life of Baxter, a victim of the plotting of enemy powers at a disarmament conference at Geneva, Switzerland, is briefly extended, in order to accomplish everythina he wishes to do.

Miriam Jordan, beautiful and charming young English actress, who makes her film debut in this picture, shares the romantic hononrs with Baxter and John Boles. She displays unusual talent and personality and is so utterly charming that her success in pictures is already an assured fact.

Boles, of eourse, gives a satisfac- | tory performance as always, and his gorgeous voice, heard briefly at the eonclusion of the picture, gives the production an ethereal-like beauty. George Marion, as an eecentric scien- | tist, has the best role he has enjoyed since he played old "Chris" in "Annie Christie." He is always an excellent performer, and this role gives him full scope for his hest work. Bex*yl Mercer wins herself new sympathy by her interpretation of a war mother, and Irene Ware is more than satisfactory in a minor role. "Six Hours to Live" is a danng undertaking, and that it is such & powerful, dramatic entertainment is due not only to the fine work of the cas.t, hut owes also a large debt to the inspired direction of William Dieterle. He has h'andled a difficult subject with his touch of a master. The photography by John Seitz is in the mood of the story, and adds much to the beauty of the production.