STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 923, 17 March 1930, Page 15

STRAND

“THE MIGHTY” ON WEDNESDAY The fine talking picture, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes,” will be screened at the Strand for only a few more days. Now, for the first time, Sherlock Holmes is in America in pursuit of that famous arch-fiend Moriarty, who was responsible for the death of his old friend Captain Longmore. Heretofore content with solving famous European mysteries, he now matches wits with the most famous of American criminals—and wins! Clive Brook is cast .in the role of Sherlock Holmes in this all-talking Paramount feature. “The Mighty,” the all-talk:ing Paramount picture coming to the Strand on Wednesday presents the striking story of a man of the underworld, a born gunman whose prowess during the war brings him back a national hero, accepted and held by society against his wishes. George Bancroft, the deep-chested Paramount star, has the leading role, supported by Esther Ralston, Warner Oland, Raymond Hatton, O. P. Ueggie and Dorothy Revier. Bancroft plays the role of the returned hero of the war. After he has been so firmly entrenched in the graces of the underworld, he gathers his gang and prepares to make a haul that will put him on easy street for life. Here comes the great conflict of emotions. Shall he cast his lot with his old gang or with the new “gang”? The answer is dramatically shown in one of the most thrilling scenes ever recorded on the screen.