AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 58, 18 July 1938, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“THE PRISONER OF ZENDA” Right on the heels of his sensational int. “iA Star is Lorn,” David U. .Seiznick has ushered in another magnificent piece of entertainment. The picture is ‘‘The Prisoner of Zenda.” Anthony Hope’s cwnsiihncfding tale of love, intrigue and adventure in the Courts of Europe, with Ronald Colman, Aladeleine C'arroii and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. i:t the., leading roles.Colman is at liis charming host in tiie difficult .dual role of the adventurous Rudolf Rassendyll and as the roistering King Rudolf V., whom lie resembled so closely. Lavishly mounted with some sixtyodd breath-taking sets, including a cathedral, a castle, and the sumptuous castle ballroom, designed by Lyle Wheeler, “The Prisoner. t>f Zenda” offers some of the most impressive ana beautiful scenes ever filmed, notably the Coronation ceremony and the Coronation hall. John L. Molderstoa and Wells Root have made a grand screen play, based on Edward Rose’s dramatisation of the Anthony Hope novel, cyrd all the members of the' imposing cast turn in uniformly fine ■performances under the expert direction of John Cromwell. ,

The eye-filling costumes were designed by Ernst Dryden, and the splendid photography is credited to James Wong Howel l f_‘ ‘