ANOTHER KORDA SUCCESS
Although he died in 1932, Edgar Wallace is still one of the most widelyread popular authors. His novels retain their position among the leaders in the best-selling class, while lan Hay’s dramatisation of “The Frog” was one of the biggest successes of the London stage this year. Now Alexander Korda has made “The Squeaker,” one of Wallace’s most popular plays into a film. This will open at the State Theatre on Wednesday. The story, a detective thriller in the best Wallace tradition, deals with a despised figure in the underworld who gives information about his accomplices to the police. Edmund Lowe was brought over from Hollywood to star in the Korda production and has a colourful role as a clever police inspector who is nearly ruined by an over-fondness for drink. But his brilliant handling of "The Squeaker” case restores him to official favour. There is a strong cast in support headed by Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd. Tamara Desni, Robert Newton. Alastair Sim and Stewart Rome.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1938, Page 2
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169ANOTHER KORDA SUCCESS Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1938, Page 2
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