CLEVER AND SOPHISTICATED PICTURE

Evening Star, Issue 21752, 21 June 1934, Page 1

CLEVER AND SOPHISTICATED PICTURE

—.— ‘AS HUSBANDS GO' FOB STATE Invested with a human unde - standing that delves deeply into the hearts- „ of its characters, .Fos Film's la cst redo? yj,*.‘As ilusbandi Go,’ will l)ey,'n: to-morrow at the State Theatre. A story that is true and_ human, din'ogue that is smart, and acting that is indeed a revelation, stamps ‘ As Husbands Go as one of the- outstanding films oi the year. Rachel Crothers, who is_ responsible for such hits as. ‘ Let Us Ba Gay’-and ‘ When Ladies Meet,’ again proves herself to be a master in the art of writing. Her play,from which the picture was taken was a tremendous success on Broadway, and Fox Films has really done credit to itself in producing it so well for the screen. Falling in love with a young Englishman in Paris, a young wife returns home, determined to ask her husband for a divorce. The husband’s kindness and devotion prove too much for her to penetrate. The situation becomes all the more embarrassing when the lover arrives. The husband discovering that the Englishman is the one his wife loves, befriends him and decides to learn what kind of a man he is. The .young man’s admiration for the husband becomes so great that he comes to the conclusion he is doing him an injustice, and departs. The wife, realising' her mistake, decides to confess, but the husband, in a sympathetic manner, suggests that he understands and, refuses to let her tell. They once again take up their interrupted happiness. Warner Baxter, in the starring role, gives an even better performance than he did in his last three triumphs, ‘ Penthouse,’ ‘ Paddy, the Next Best Thing,’ and ‘ 42nd Street.’ Helen Vinson, who plays opposite Baxter, gives a performance that is easily her best. The other members ’ of. the cast, who are Warner Oland, Catharine Doucet, G. P. Huntley, jun., Frank O’Connor, Eleanor Lynn, and Jay Ward, acquit themselves with distinction under the able direction of Hamilton MacFadden,