Fascinating Plot In “One Way Passage”

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 5

Fascinating Plot In “One Way Passage”

TWO POPULAR STABS APPEAR IN FEATURE FOR REGENT

Seldom has a stranger, more dramatic, more fascinating romance been unfolded than the one enacted with rare artistry hy Kay

Francis and William Powell in “One Way Passage,” which is

Scheduled for the Regent Theatre,

New technique and a new type of story aro revealed in “One Way Passage.” Two people, strangers to each other until they joy elbows in a HongKong cafe, meet on the eve of their steamer’s departure for San Francisco. Both aro under sentence of death, though of a widely different sort. Powell is Dan Hardest}', on the way back to the gallows on a murder charge Kay Francis is Joan Ames, a lovely invalid dancing on the brink of death, (vith a heart that threatens to stop alter the least shock or excitement. Within the same five minutes that Dan Hardesty has found ‘ ‘ the one women in the world,” the detective who has dogged his footsteps round the globe comes to take him away—but that is not the end of flic story. , William Powell and Kay Francis arc ideally cast in the roles of Dan and jean. Against the tragic hopelessness of his situations, Powell’s jaunty, debonair manner stands out in vivid contrast. There is a richness and mellowness to his performance that makes His characterisation one long to be remembered. Kay Francis, with her sparkling beauty, interprets to perfection the finely-bred, sensitive, intelligent woman.

Brilliant comedy relief is given to the story by Warren Hymer, as the detective —Powell's Nemesis —Aline MacMahon, a bogus countess, and Frank ,vt '.Hugh, a clever pickpocket and thief.