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*--Mrs. Bridget Drake is effervescent!yplayed by the ever-joyous Spring By-ington. Mary Howard’s part is in-trusted to Frieda Inescort, who disap-pointed me. I enjoyed her performance in last season’s “Springtime for Henry,” but could see little reason for her playing in “When Ladies Meet” —except for her poise. Herbert Rawl-inson does very well in his mean part. Selena Royle plays Mrs. Woodruff with charming sincerity. Walter Abel is amusing in the part of Jimmie Lee; his comedy lines are fetchingly delivered.“When Ladies Meet” is a play toByAlice Ai worthsee.% * *“The Sign of the Cross”At the Rialto Theatre there is an intermission half-way through the picture called “The Sign of the Cross.” From the beginning to the end of the first half of the film, I had an amas-ingly good time. From the beginning to the end of the second half, I was progressively bored, disgusted, and still more bored and disgusted.I do not understand the poor taste displayed by the producers in allowing the excessive filming of horror scenes. One excuses the horror in “Frankenstein,” because of its fantastic nature. But there is no excuse for showing gory scenes of human bodies being chewed by lions—while the audience in the story cheers. That such things happened, we accept as history —but not more than a suggestion is necessary to make “The Sign of the Cross” a believable picture.The film does contain some beautiful photography—shots of Nero in all his jeweled splendor; of a Roman empress in a pool of milk and of Rome in flames.The first half of the film is decidedly worth seeing. Charles Laughton’s performance, as Nero, is worth twice the price of admission. He wasborn to play that part.
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Bronxville Press
Bronxville, New York, US
Tue, Dec 20, 1932
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