SENSATIONAL MELODRAMA
The Warner picture, “My Official Wife,” is a melodrama that rushes headlong at a giddy pace through a whirlwind of intrigue. It is a story of Russia and old Vienna in the days when Czars and Emperors rode the stoi'm of swirling intrigue with elaborate elegance. Irene Rich, as a countess, is more alluringly beautiful, more emotionally thrilling than ever before, and the acting of Conway Tearle, who plays the masculine lead, has seldom been displayed to better advantage. These two head a cast that registers melodramatic perfection. Paul Stein directed, and the story was adapted to the screen by Graham Baker. Included in the supporting cast are Stuart Holmes, Jane Winton, John Miljan, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Emile Chautard.
Harry Pollard has become so enthused about ’ The Minstrel Man.’’ for which Curtis Benton lias completed a continuity, that it is more than likely Carl Laemmle will permit him to direct it instead of “Broadway.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 534, 11 December 1928, Page 17
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157SENSATIONAL MELODRAMA Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 534, 11 December 1928, Page 17
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