Return Season of Ramona —in Technicolour

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)

Return Season of Ramona —in Technicolour

LORETTA YOUNG’S BEAUTIFUL PORTRAYAL IN TITLE ROLE (State: Screening To-day). In the beautiful technicolour version of “Ramona,” Loretta Young is featured as Ramona, with Don Ameche a? Alessandro, and the splendid supporting cast includes such players as Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick, Jane Darwell, Katneriue De Mille and John uarradlne. The technicolour is tremendously effective because it is indisputably true to life. Since a largo part of the picture called fur. out-i>i-<lour~-j*Cjenes, the main location for- Hio- ftlwiiog of “Ramona” was a 55-000 acre ranch in the Mesa Grande area of the beautiful Ban Jacinto mountains in California, 140 miles south-east of Los Angeles, where the natural beauty of the region made a perfect settings. “Ramona” is a picture that fairly teems with high romance—fiestas, fandangos, songs, roses, secret trysts, mission bells, stolen kisses, tears, Jov* aud laughter. It is one of the greatest love stories ever unfolded on the screen. Loretta Young is superb in the title role, playing the part with deep feeling and understanding. Her highly artistic performance should further her career tremendously. As Ramona, Miss Youug will undoubtedly wiu a host of new admirers. Don Ameche is the perfect Alessandro. Ho has turned iu an excellent performance in a most exacting part, that of Ramona’s great love. This young radio favourite is bound to win a coveted place for himself in the world of filiudoni. Kent Taylor is a splendid Felipe, the son of the patrician Moreno family, and Paulino Frederick is excellent in the role of his mother, the stern Sonora Moreno. Jane Harwell as Auut Ri Hyur, * the kindly Tennessee homesteader, Katherine Do Mille as the Indian servant girl, and John Carrradine as Jim Farrar, have all done fine jobs on their various assignments.