“BEHIND THAT CURTAIN’’
EXCELLENT CHARACTER WORK Behind that Curtain” is an absorbing melodrama which combines slccessfullv stage technique with that of i the silent screen. It is neither a silent film with the addition of a dialogue nor ’ a photographed stage play, but a talk e aisplaying it technique of its own. The individual acting reaches a pari ticularly high level, and the quality ! and variety of the settings are ad - . I mirabJe i L*oia Moran *s said to be a revelation. She has a difficult role, yet comes through the ordeal with flying coloui », i i and admirably suggests a loyal Enu » ! lish girl. Warner Baxter and Philp l | Strange are both good, but the ou- - > I standing performance however come* ’■ j from Gilbert Emery as the Scotland i, t Yard official. Sir Frederick Bruce. H* t is true to type in every characteristic i i and gives a mpst fascinating interj pretation.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 15
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154“BEHIND THAT CURTAIN’’ Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 15
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