THE RINGER

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 638, 16 September 1933, Page 2

THE RINGER

GREAT EDGAR WALLACE STORY COMES TO THE SCREEN. FASCINATION AND SUSPENSES. "The Ringer" needs absolutely no introduction to the moviegoers of Rotorua. It has existed as a novel, a stage play and a silent film. Wrap all the thrills contained in these mediums and you have "The Ringer" as a talkie. This production asserts itself as being the great Edgar Wallace's supreme achievement. Its rising suspense and mounting mystery — and the fascination attaching to the human terror who haunts the story unseen till the end — m,ark' it as almost uncannily suited for the screen; and it is.the manner in which the opportunities have been seized for the talking film that has filled the producers with such profound satisfaction. The director of the picture, Walter Forde, whose "The Silent House" and "Would You Believe It?" marked him as one of the higgest assets of British production, has contrived with extraordinary skill to add mystery while keeping every incident elear as crystal. The action, it is claimed, never flags for a single instant; the movement is continuous; padding is completely absent, every episode serving to carry the story forward. In short, "The Ringer" is one of the slickest, fastest and most convincingly and imaginatively produced films to the credit of England, and me which will bring many laurels. [t may be added that in a number of respects it improves on the silent version to an extent that has got to oeen seen and head to be believed.