REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 121, 8 June 1937, Page 4

REGENT THEATRE

"REMBRANDT"— LAUCHTON TRiUMPH TO-MORROW * 11 "Kembrandt," produced by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton, the producer-star eombination that gave you the memorable "Private Life of Henry VIII," begins at th© Regent Theatre to-morrow, The first film to depict the life of the great Dutch artist for whom lov© and inspiration always went hand in hand, "Hombrandt" olfers Laughton another great human characterization. The. actor, who jvent to Amsterdam to absorb atmosphere for this colourful •portrayal, is said to bear a remarkable reseinblauce to the man whose love of beauty was equalled ouly by his genius. Produced on a lavish scale, with some of the most magnificeat sets ever. seen on the screen, "Rembrandt" follows tlie artist's life and loves. The pieture covers the period from the days- of his greatest glory, when the world was at his feet and he was ideally happy with the lovely Saskia, to the loneliness and poverty of his old age, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa La,nchester, who is Mrs Laughton jn private life, and Edward Chapman are featured in the imposing supporting cast. "Rembrandt was personally dlrectcd by Alexander Korda and is released througb Unitcd Artists. Then ensues tbe tenderest interlude in his too stormy life, the story of his ill-starred love for Hendrickje Stoffels. It is in this passage that Korda's motion picture exhibits its greatest power, and on this note that the picture closes "Maid of Salem," witb Claudette Colbert, scrceos fiually to-night.