Month: December 2019

Expedition To Lost Continent, 1935

On: By: Romeyn

The stupendous and grotesque figures on Easter Island, isolated in the South Pacific 2300 miles west of Chile, are to become objects of investigation by a Rosicrucian expedition. Rosicrucians contend, declares J. H. Woodcock, of Hendersonville. local Rosicrucian commissioner, that Easter Island is a vestige of the once 10 eat continent of Lemuria, thought for centuries to be a mythical land. The huge sculptures and monoliths inscribed with picturegraphs, it is related, bear a remarkable resemblance in design and symbology to the ones found in the ruins of Yucatan. Continue reading “Expedition To Lost Continent, 1935” →

Midnight Manhunt, 1945

On: By: Romeyn

“Midnight Manhunt” with William Gargan and Ann Savage. There’s murder and there’s mirth! Mr. Gargan and Miss Savage, portraying rival reporters, also take care of the romantic requirement, and a nice pairing of personalities it is.

The picture opens with a murder by Zucco in plain view of the camera, after which the story concerns the purloining and sequestering of the corpus delicti by newspaper reporters and other persons who have various reasons for wanting to (1) retain and or (2) relinquish possession of it. The place is New York, the time is any time, and it all happens in one night.

(Review found in the Roanoke Rapids Herald. November 15, 1945)
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