Evening star., 1932-01-30

British company, fails to make the
most Of corking good story,
There Is little mystery attacheo
to the Identification of the murder
er-he Is apparent the minute ne
leans over the body of his murdered
stepdaughter. The only mystery, Is
how she was killed, and that pc
comes obvious long before the soiu-
ton is presented. A certain eie-
ment of suspense is carried through
out the picture by interest. In the
second stepdaughter Of the muir
derer. The story revolves around
her escape from the fate which be-
fell her sister.
One Is conscious of the presence
of a director with a megaphone
standing behind each actor shout
ing, Register fear, fly into a
rage, or by some other command
controlling the emotions of his
artists. Lyn Harding as DR.. Rylott,
the villain, is sufficiently clustering
and ferocious to satisfy the most
"vilIain-particular." Angela Bad
deley as Helen Stoner, whose life Is
menaced on the eve OF her mar
riage, is a plump English lassie, who
Shivers her terror from beginning
to end, expressing her fear Of the
unknown horror in hysterical voice
and widely distended eyes. Ray
mond Massie as Sherlock Is con-
vincing and natural.
The atmosphere of 1.-THE Speckled
Band" is rather good. The old
manSe outside of London, the scene
of the murder. is sufficiently and
satisfactorily gloomy and does its
best to help along with the desired
"creeps." Altogether, the picture
is fairly entertaining.
If one Is grid fan-not merely
comfortably interested in foot ball
the lengthy reel of the Tulane
Southern California foot ball game
will offer an hour of entertainment.
Many of the plays are shown twice,
naturally and by slow notion; and
there are many thrilling plays
throughout the game. The film
doubtless will appeal strongly to eX-
perts and fans of foot ball.
G. S. S.
"Dr. JekyII and Mr.. Hyde"
Continues at Columbia.
THE trials and tribulations which
Il beSet a mere mortal who be-
lieveS he is a dual person and, after
drinking a red-hot lotion, obviously
is-fashioned originally by Robert
Louis Stevenson and presented at
LoeW's Columbia as ''Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde"-continue to enthrau
patrons for a second week. This
cinematic version Of noble and ami
NAL devotion, based on medical eX
periments, is a grueSomely satisfying
film acted with great skill by Fred
eric March and Miriam Hopkins.
Mr.. March may be said, in fact, to
eclipse his previous efforts as
runner-up for the Barrymore man
tie
If there are any defects in this
film, which has been directed with
virile shrewdness by Rouben Ma
moulian, they are only concerned
with the age of the story-which
nevertheless is a mile or so ahead
of most modern contraptions. While
its theme is not ripe for juvenile
consumption, it is frightening
enough for average adults-and is
a thoroughly stimulating way to
spend an evening Of modulated
IlOTIOI. MI MAJ I'll D SIldIISC 1AO4il
the noble doctor to his animal self
is pleasantly horrible and may be
dreamed about for weeks after
wards The sight, too, of Miss
Hopkins doing anything she chooses
to do is always satisfying from any
angle you may want to take it.
The amazing photography, Mr..
Mamoulian's picturesque concep-
IL. I'LL
players combine to make this the
kind Of picture the normal film
goer will not want to miss. Mr..
March is excellent either as a man
or as a beast. E. de S. NJ.