Charlie Chan Lee Chan evelyn Grey Victor Karnofr Jules Joubert Joan Karel Gordon Chase -Warner Oland. Keye Luxe Virginia Field Sidney Blackmer Harold Huber Kay Linaker Robert Kent Baul Savarin ard Raquello Al Rogers "George Lynn Taxi Driver ULT bouts" Mercier In about the best of the Charlie Chan series yet produced, "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo," the current attraction at the Grand "Theatre, is more than pleasing entertainment from start to finish. A triple murder; the theft of a million dollars' worth of bonds; the barking and roaring of the Prefect' of Police; the suave facility with which Mr. Warner Oland digs up clues from nowhere, nonchalantly piecing together an airtight case; the manner in which Mr. Key Luke, as Charlie Chan's son, ünds himself continually in trouble, coupled with plenty of humourous touches that permeate this film, all assist in making an enjoyable and quite reasonable picture. Set in a glittering Monte Carlo background, the producers have not only taken the opportunity of introducing the usual round of Chinese "epigrams" but have also given this film a generous devouring of the French language—a fact that appeared to appeal strongly to the greater part of a large audience. The honours in this picture undoubtedly go to Mr. Harold Huber as the pompous prefect of Police, who either talks or gesticulates in French or in English, with quite a delightful French accent, throughout, Mr. Oland is his customary excellent self, whilst Messrs. Blackmer and Raquello as a couple of world-wise financiers, at daggers drawn in their business and play, both turn in very fine performances, Three good shorts complete a fine programme. "The Big Apple" will surely interest dance enthusiasts, who are afforded an opportunity of viewing the intricate steps of the rage that is now sweeping the United States, whilst "Laughing at Fate" is a series of "shots" of hair-raising and hazardous thrills that will interest even the most sophisticated—a.z: c,
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