"THE IRON STAIR"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 650, 30 September 1933, Page 2

"THE IRON STAIR"

EXCITING CLIMAX IN NEW BRlTiSH PICTURE. 1 FATE'S STRANOE TRICKS. An, interesting trick of Fa'te is turn- ; ed to g'ood account ih th'e story ,of \ "The Iron Stair," i new British pic- 1 ture which comes to the . Grahd ; Theatre on Monday, October 2. ^ In this picture, the fact that twin brothfers, George ahd Geoffrey Gale;: can hardly he recognised apart, is the cause of the wrong brother being . sentenced to prison. As if in retribution for the injustice, this likehe'ss is ; also the means of ultimately clearing : his name. The nianner in, which this is hrought ahout is very ingenioi^sly contrived, and affords an exciting climax to the film, which is adapted from Rita's novel of the same title. George and Geoffrey Gale are twins. Their apepatance is identical, but there the similarity ends, for George is an utter waster. He conspires i with Elsa, his mistress, to imp'ersoh- ' ate his brother and cash a forged

i cheque. W'hen in due course the xor- • gery is discovered, the whole of the purely circumstantial evidence points to Geoffrey's guilt- — and George is ! content that it should be that way. ■ But "Hell knows no fury like a woman scorned," says the old saw, and George discovers its truth. He intends to marry his cousin Eve, but Elsa arrives on the scene post-haste ' to put her spoke in his wheel. She is confronted by a man she helieves to he George, although — but see the pic- | ture and get the ending for yourself. j Henry Kendall, the well-known London stage star, plays the part of • each of the twin hrothers — George ; and Geoffrey Gale — and succeeds in

the dual role i'emarkably well. This is no easy task, for two separate and ' distinct characterl have to be drawn S'by the aetor, whilst the facial characteristics remain the same. Although Henry Kendall is the star, an exeellent performance is given by Michael Hogan as an Irish harrister who looks after the estate. In fact, all the featured.roles are well played — Michael Sherbrooke as an excitable Jewish money-lender; Dorothy Boyd as Eve Marshall, cousin to the broth'ers George and Geoffrey; ■ and Steffi Duna as Elsa Dalmond, a J fiery little girl .f riend of George Gale.