REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 141, 2 July 1937, Page 15

REGENT THEATRE

"ROMEO AHO JUklET" Of "Romeo and Juliet" an American critic' writes : "This is a magnificently-produced, splendidly-acted, and profoundly moving picture. "Although Howard and Norma Shfearer, as Romeo and juliet, respectively, have the majbr roles, the fine suecess of the 'film is attributable, at leaBt as mtich aa it is to them, to the hnished performances 0f the many subsidiary players who appear. "john Barrymore, for example — • what a Mercutiol And Basil Rathbone, as Tybaltj magnificent old C. Aubrey Bmithi as Lord Capulet. It is a treat to watch them, "As Romeo, Howard has a rOle which j'b by no means as easy as it appears on the surface. This actor handled it in a manner that calls forth nothing but admiratie^. "Those who recollect the number of

\ . years Miss Shearer has been in pictures will be astounded at tke youthfuiness she brings to her interpretation of Juliet. She not only^ ■ looks young'j she is yoting ; and to this fresh charm she adds an emotional depth that reaches its highest point when, after her marriage, she kas to bid farewell to Romeo when he is forced to flee to Mantua. '■jdnch more conld be written about this film. I will content' myself with saying that it is a fine and lovely picture ; one that pone should miss seeing." This film screemB at the Regent Treatre to-morrow, "More Than a Secretary" . screens finally to-night.