EXCITING PICTURE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 513, 22 April 1933, Page 7

EXCITING PICTURE

i BATTLjK OF WITS IN "THE FACE AT THE WINDOW. THE WOLF IN PARIS. The Britlsh RKO Radio Picture version of a play which has stood the test of ti'me and which is as popular to-day as when first produced, comes to the Majestie Theatre next Friday, April 28. This is the famous C. Watson Mill drama, "Th'e Face at the Window," in ' which the celebrated French bank robber, "The Wolf," is defeated in his classic battle of wits with Pa.ul Le Gros, the famous Parisian detective. Raymond Massey, one of the best known stars and producers on the London stage, plays the role of Le Gros, and, although carrying the bulk of the drama upon his eapable shoulders, he has been ~given the support of an exceedingly strong cast, composed, in the main, of London stage names — for th'ere are at least five in "The Face at the Window" who have their name in lights v/hen playing in a. London theatre The film holds th'e secret of the identity of "The Wolf" until the very last foot, the audience knowing no more than the detective and groping along the various theories with him. This is perhaps the most suceessful manner of handling a mystery play, 1 and for that reason alone we do not | propose to divulge the story. Suffice it to say that Raymond Mas- ' sey, with his lazy nonchalant manner and curiously enigmatic smile, makes a very real detective; Claude Hulbert, a very, very funny "silly ass," and Bromley Davenport, Eric Maturin and Henry Mollison share hetween them the suspicions of both detective and audience.