GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 3

GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Polished acting and r poignant story of mother-love lift "Gallant Lady," the main 'feature at the Grand Opera House, far above the ordinary run of screen entertainments. With Ann Harding and Clive Brook in the stellar roles, the production is assured of success, and its theme must strike a responsive chord in the hearts of all who see it. Miss Harding was never more happily cast than as Sally Wynyard. who has loved not wisely perhaps, but "too well When the father of her child is killed in an aeroplane accident, she is befriended by an erstwhile prominent surgeon who has defied medical and legal traditions by putting an incurable patient out of his misery. A kind of Platonic friendship develops between the two and through the doctor's efforts, the child is adopted by a wealthy friend, Philip Lawrence, and his wife. Sally becomes a successful decorator of fashionable homes, and incidentally a leader of fashions in women's gowns. While In Italy she meets a count who becomes infatuated with her, but a dramatic situation develops when she accidentally comes across her son in Paris. Lawrence's wife having died, he decides to marry again, and Sally, disapproving of his choice, sacrifices her freedom in order to preside over the. boy's destiny. Miss Harding's acting in the intensely-dramatic scenes towards the close of the picture is magnificent. Otto Kruger gives fine support as Lawrence, and Dickie Moore''s well placed as the sou of the ill-starred romance. Tullio Cannlnati plays the part of the count with real distinction. The supporting pictures arc varied and interesting.