COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 June 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“THE TERROR.” Old and young in town or country know that Edgar Wallace was indisputably master of the art of telling crime and mystery stories, known generally as thrillers. The millions of people who enjoy these tales unhesitatingly take up an Edgar Wallace if the title is not known to them. In “The Terror,” showing at the Cosy Theatre tonight there will be found one of his best yarns, beginning with a bullion robbery on a road to London, entailing the use of a stupefying gas, and moving to a luxurious guest house in the country, where mysterious events take place in beautiful surroundings. As in all other Wallace stories, the police side has the stamp of authenticity, detectives are convincing and efficient, and not the stupid oafs that some authors delight to depict so untruthfully. Bernard Lee is one very interesting detective somewhat new to films, like the heroine, Linden Travers. Wilfrid Lawson and Arthur Wontner have the other big parts.

An unusual mystery plot is unfolded in Warner Bros, radio drama, “Love is on the Air,” which is the second attraction. It starts in a radio broadcasting station, where the featured news broadcaster, played by Ronald Reagan, incurs the wrath of the sponsors and is demoted to the children's hour programme. Befriending an urchin of the slums, "The Mouse,” a kids’ gang leader, he stumbles on a clue that leads to the solution of the mysterious disappearance and murder of a prominent business-man.