A NEW ROLE
LIONEL BARRYMORE, CAPS LIFETIME OF FINE ACTING. "THE BROKEN LULLABY." Lionel Barrymore, eldest of the three famous Barrymores, adds another splendid characterisation to a lifetime of distinguished acting with his portrayal in "The Broken Lullaby," the feature picture which comes to the Majestic Theatre on Thursday next. In this story, based on the play by Mauriee Rostand, famous French playwright and author, Barrymore essays the role of a middle-aged German parent, who, although the war has been past history for a decade, is still a bitterly nationalistic partisan. Violent in his accusations against the French, he inspire5 his entire community, a small town in post-war Germany, to subscribe to his own point of view. His neighbour, Nancy Carroll, has
been the sweetheart of Barrymore's son, a German soldier who wag killed in the war. When Phillips Holmes, the French' youth who killed him, and sinee suffered a profound remorse, comes to tell the dead man's family of his deed, Nancy intercepts the 'errand. Should Holmes tell the father, she feels sure the old gentleman wouhl kill him. Holmes meets the family, but because of Nancy's entreaties, he refrains from telling them the harrowing l'aets that have preyed on his soul. But Barrymore soon forgets his nationalistic fervor, and becomes very friendly toward Holmes. And Nancy falls in love with the youth. Holmes is determined that he must make a clean breast of it, and tell Barrymore of the part he played in Nancy's former sweetheart's death. He is on the point of carrying out his resolve when the pinnacle of drama is reaehed — and all ends happily for the sweethearts. It is the first time that Barrymore has ever portrayed such a role in the talkies and he carries the delineation of the hard-headed, but lovable old patriot with a full measure of his accustomed skill. Lionel Barrymore last year received first prize for acting honourg from the Aeademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. .>7?
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 408, 17 December 1932, Page 7
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329A NEW ROLE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 408, 17 December 1932, Page 7
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