REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 51, 23 November 1937, Page 13

REGENT THEATRE

"THE ROAD EACK." "The Road Back," Erich Maria Eemarque;s sequel to the famous story, "All Quiet on the Western Front," will be shown at the Regent Theatre to-night, "All Quiet on the Western Front ' ' was a story of the fight in the trenches, but "The Road Back;; tells in an eqiially dramatic and vivid fashion the story of the fight that the three heroes had to make on their return to a civilian world. In preparin^ the novel for the screen, R. C. Sheriff, author of "Journey's End, " collaborated with Remarque, and the result is a film which retains all the power oi the story, with its effectiveness height--ened by brilliant photography and direction. So vividly did the aUthor depict the grimness of post-war Germany that he was exiled, but the purpose of his booh Was not merely to expose the conditions of his own land but to show from his personal knowledge the effect that wai has on humanity. Albert, the shy, likeable youth who had gone to the war, returns to find that a war profiteer has been paying attentions to his fiancee. He shoots the man, with less compunction than he had shot his enemies iu the war, and cannot understand whty he is tried for murder when he had reason for his deed. Other episodes in the story aro preseuted in an equally poignant fashion. . The leading roles in the picture are taken by John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summervilie and Andy Deviue,' while Barbara Read has the chief feminine part.