TUDOR THEATRE.
"Four Men and a Prayer."
Hollywood has made "Four Men and a Prayer." And the transition of this popular story, read by millions in book form or magazine . serial, provides a number of surprises. The film is now showing at the Tudor Theatre. The 20th Century-Fox production has added an emotional dimension to the motion picture that defies description. Scenes speak volumes without a word . . .
menace stalks across the screen in a weird silence that rumbles in the heart, unheard by ear—it's a new and eerie effect, done by a marvellously assembled cast. The theme is an inspiring. departure from the usual saccharine movie affection. Four stalwart young men, with a grand old soldier-father, are bound by a gallant pledge to rove the world to avenge his dishonour and death. That great love pervades the entire story. Yet the beauty of Loretta Young and her love for one of the brothers, Richard Greene, is a joy to behold. Miss Young gives a flawless performance as1 the American girl who covers her intense loyalty to the brothers' cause with an "American" flippancy which amazes her British sweetheart most of all, but jnore than anything puts spirit and vigour into the grim quest.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1938, Page 4
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203TUDOR THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1938, Page 4
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