WAIPAWA REGENT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 42, 12 November 1937, Page 10

WAIPAWA REGENT

"HIS BROTHER'S WIFE," SATURDAY AND MONDAY. "His Brother's Wife" is the title of a daring picture wjiich comes to the Regent for screening to-morrow ann Monday, with the attractive co-star-ring team of Barbara Stamvyck and Rbb.ert Taylor. The play qf human emotions, undier tremendous strain ha^ seldom been more powe'rfully drawn on the screen. Taylor, now the most popular yaung star in Hollywood, appears in thq role of a v/enturesome scientist about to enibark on an expedition into tho tropical jdngle. On his final fling ip New York he ' encounters a red-headed girl, anl falls in love with her instantly. He considers qqitting the proposed expedition, but -his brother, played by John Elderedge, persurdes hipi to carry on. In her bitter reaction qf anger and disappointment, the girl marries the brother at home. This is the situation to which the young explorer returns. Her love for "him is just as reckless, and they go baek into the jungle togethei'j renouncing tho world. Tho daring theme is presentcd dolicatoly yet witliout once woakening tho comxfiicated structuro of the story, Miss Stanwyck performs what many critics considnr -o bo the fincst role' of her career. Joan Hcrsholt, as tho hardened oxplorqr, is superb.