“THE THIRD DEGREE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 213, 28 November 1927, Page 14

“THE THIRD DEGREE”

GREAT PICTURE SUCCESS The drama .whose whirlwind action swept everything before it on stage, Charles Klein's “The Third i** gree,” is now more thrilling than upon the screen. Warner Bros., wn(Kproductions are released exclusive!} ' Master Pictures throughout Austra» and New Zealand, have brought w* mighty mystery melodrama to_ • screen. And in so doing, they J made what will prove one of the o standing motion picture successes the year. Dolores Costello, newest ana gre ai_star, the First Lady of the plays the rele of Annie Daly, uo - Dresser, Rocklifß Fellowes. .•>■*- r Robards, Kate Price, Tom Santcn . David Torrence, names which register at the box office, enact various roles. . r Michael Curtiz, the celebrated tJpean director, directed “The Tnirc gree.” That he has triumphed, au have seen the picture agree. been bailed as a masterpiece, of aiclairvoyant insight into the “gj minds and souls of Hie characters* move thror ■ its stirring scenes- , Dike I-nl # .. Curtiz was unPgS, to America v the Warners. '-.^ Lubitsch. he lias dared to dnw.. American story as his imual Lubitsch’s lirst was "The Circle,” the theme of which Vienna- ~- d One of the priceless qualifica- nB -» Michael Curtiz is his unique c»■ s techinque, which enables him ~u - -ry life at numberless angles, to subtleties that have heretofore • too elusive for capture even n of the magic-work \ lens. -T‘, From every conceivable angh Third Degree” is an outstandim ZXZ’Sg'&g will receive u one hundred P er i