Players in “The Barretts”

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 16

Players in “The Barretts”

JN Norma Shearer’s new Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer picture, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street," audiences have the pleasure of seeing three winners of the annual Motion Picture Academy Award appear together. They are Miss Shearer, who stars as Elizabeth in the famous tale of poetic love; Fredrjc March, who plays opposite as the ardent Robert Browning, and Charles Laughton, most recent winner of the award, who shines as the diabolical father. The performance of each is so finished, so smooth and rich that comparison is impossible. Never was there a more -tender Elizabeth, a more poetic Browning, or a more demoni.ac elder Barrett than these three present. Besides such titans of the dramatic arts, there is also a long string of excellent supporting players, each adding his able touch to the glittering whole. They are: Maureen O’Sullivan, who piays spirited Henrietta; Ralph Forbes, as Captain Cook; Una O’Connor, as the obsequious Wilson ; Katharine Alexander, portraying the reverent Arabel; Marion Clayton, as Bella, the flirt; Leo Carroll and Ferdinand Munier as Drs. Ford-Water-low and Clayton, and lan Wolfe in the part he created on the stage, Bevan, the elegant English gentleman.