“THE DONOVAN AFFAIR”
“ONE OF THE BEST TALKIES MADE” ISTo higher tribute could be paid to a film drama than that it entertains from the opening scene to the conclusion—and this is the case with “The Donovan Affair,” the Columbia 100 per cent, dialogue production which will be seen and heard at the Roxy Theatre from Saturday next. The screen version of the famous stage play of the same name by Owen Davis fairly scintillates with sparkling action and scintillating dialogue. The cast is large and every name is well known. It includes such prominent players as Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier, junr., Agnes Ayres, John Roche, Fred Kelsey and Virginia Brown Faire. The screen story is logical and consistently worked out. The audience will follow the clues with keen Interest, but not one in a thousand will guess the solution or the identity of the killer. The acting is admirable throughout. Jack Holt gives a cleancut performance as Inspector Killian, the detective. Miss Revier is delightful in the role of the heroine. The result is a great talking picture. The clever dialogue and natural voice reproduction make “The Donovan Affair” one of the best all talking pictures made so far.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 735, 7 August 1929, Page 17
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202“THE DONOVAN AFFAIR” Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 735, 7 August 1929, Page 17
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