TWO TALKIE THRILLERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1008, 26 June 1930, Page 19

TWO TALKIE THRILLERS

ROXY'S FINE PROGRAMME

“BLACK WATERS” AND “GUILTY”

i An interesting theme and strong situations and stirring climaxes are a few of the features that render “Guilty?”—the Columbia all-talking drama that opened at the Roxy Theatre last night—one of the most absorbing dramas of the current season. Virginia Valli and John Holland play the leading roles. George B. Seitz handled the direction. The story is based on a fascinating and novel treatment of the circumr stalltial evidence theme. A Southern senator is railroaded to prison on a | false bribery charge. Ten years later |h© is released on parole. His daughter | falls in love with the son of the judge j who had been instrumental in convict- | ing him. When the judge refuses to ! consent to the marriage because of the | senator’s prison term, the old man i decides to commit suicide so as not to j stand in the way of his daughter’s hap- ; piness. ! How the judge’s son is accused and | convicted of the murder of the old ) senator, even though the case against j him is purely circumstantial, supplies | the rest of the action for the drama, j The second attraction on the pro- ! gramme, ‘‘Black Waters,” is a sensational melodrama in evening dress that | requires no praise for its merits, i Unknown happenings in the fog. {laughter, thrills, sumptuous cabaret ! scenes, beautiful speaking voices and a I cast of international fame are all features of the British Dominions’ alldialogue picture. “Black Waters” is a ! real mystery-thriller and is from the i pen of the man who wrote “The Cat land the Canary.” Excellent supports were also shown last night.