STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1940, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“GIRL IN 313.” “Girl in 313,” a drama, with thrills, mystery, romance, and comedy and centring about a lovely girl who matches wits with a clever gang of jewel thieves, will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. Featured in the cast are Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Lionel Atwill, and Katherine Aldridge. “Girl in 313,” keeps audiences guessing with its twists of plot that unwind at a rapid pace.. It is a tricky and sophisticated story of how police and indemnity companies operate to protect diamond dealers against robbers. The film is a cleverly worked out story of a lovely, girl who outcrooks a dangerous gang of jewel thieves. Strikingly beautiful, she executes a robbery they had planned to commit themselves and — when they try to trap her —she outwits them. But she didn’t count on love, and when the master thief falls for her, she hates to trap him along with the other members of the deadly gang. How well she succeeds in outplotting the gang depends not alone on her beauty, but on her amazing ability to do the impossible, and she fulfills every desire for entertainment. It is a most thrilling picture, excellently acted with nothing “frightful” in its composition. It is clean healthy drama that will make an immediate appeal. Florence Rice gives an outstanding portrayal of a most difficult role, while Kent Taylor and Lionel Atwill are seen in characters which particularly suit them, Katherine Aldridge being a capable support. The associate picture will be the outstanding appealing drama, “Curtain Call,” featuring Barbara Read,