IN THE DAYS OF NAPOLEON.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1938, Page 11

IN THE DAYS OF NAPOLEON.

Greta Garbo reaches the greatest heights of her acting career in “Marie Walewska,” which opens at the Regent Theatre next Saturday, and in which she is co-starred for the first time with Charles Boyer in a memorable portrayal of the role of Napoleon Bonaparte. Here is acting of a new high order. As the young Polish Countess, Marie Walewska,'<who encourages the : infatuation of Napoleon to further the i interests of her own country but ulti- ; mately falls in love with him herself, < Garbo once again stands out as the 1 most distinguished actress on the i

screen today. Boyer, likewise, wins fresh laurels in the role of Napoleon, a portrayal which shows the man not in the exaggerated terms in which history has painted him, but as a living and breathing man with a passioncrazed ambition to rule the world but with a tenderness and understanding for those he loved.. The plot of “Marie Walewska” deals with Napoleon’s visit to Poland where he meets the Polish Countess who becomes the great love of his life, and follows their romance to their final farewell at Elba. ' Among historic characters brought to life by make-up magic and \haracterisation based on research are the Due de Talleyrand, played by Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal’s Captain D’Ornano, Count Walewska, played by Henry Stephenson, Napoleon’s mother, enacted by Dame May Whitty,. and Prince Poinatowski, played by C. Henry Gordon.’