REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 50, 22 November 1937, Page 4

REGENT THEATRE

/'THE ROAD BACK." "The Eoad Back, '' Erich Maria Ee* marque's seqticl to the famous story, "All Quiet on the Wcstern Front, " 1 \vill be shown at the Regent Theatre to-Uight, "All Quiet On the Western Front" was a story of the fight in fhe tfenches, but "Tho Eoad Back" tells mv an eguslly dramatic and vivid fashion the story of tho fight that the three heroes had to make on their roturn to a civilian world. In preparing the uovel for tho screen, E. C. Sherris:, author of "Journey's End," collaborated with Remarque, and the result is a filrn which retains all • the power of the story, with its effectiveness heightened by brilliant photography and dir^ ection. - So vividly did the author depict the grimness of post-war Germany that he Was exiled, but the purpose of his boon was not merely to expose tho ctmditious of his own land but to show from hrs pcrsonal knowledge tho effect that wai has on humanity. Albort,- the shy,- like* able youth who had gone to the war, returns to find that a war profiteer has boen paying attentions to his fiancee. Ho shoots tho man, with less compunc* tron than he had shot his enemips^ in the war, and cannot understand why he is tried for murder when he had reaton for his deed. Othor episodes in the story are presented in an eflualiv poignant fashion. The leading roles in the picture are takou by Jolin King, Eichard Cromwell, 1 Slim Summerville and Andy Devine,] while Barbara Read has tlio chief fo* minine part.