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BIG FILM DRAMAAT METROPOLITAN“Mutiny on the Bounty5' One oil Hollywood’s Greatest 1 Productions*1\/TUT1NY 0,1 th* BoutUy,”! 1VJL Voiding the screen at thejMrropolLtzm theatre, may be rightly desert bed as n spcctarl film, but that does not detract trorni the long drawn out tensity of thc| drama, which runs Col- more ihanj the average time of a picture. Soj engrossing is the stnry that autii-j euees are prime to overlook itsj length, i'or each moment is fraught! with gripping action. It works upj excellently tu the historic mutiny! that ruined the chances of success ci; a scientific expedition and had an! alleviating influence on conditions', that existed in the Royal Navy oij the period. Brutal floggings of satl-i ors for what seem minor offences, have a saddening ,ef£ect on spec-j tators, and ihere is much repetition.; yet. frankly enough, none of it is lout of place. ;Hollywood certainly has douo( itself proud with this pholodramu.; with expert direction by Frank. Lloyd, and superlatively adjective dj acting by a powerful east, with; Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and) Franc-hot Tone in the principal roles. By no manner of means canj it be described as a ladies’ picture,’ but the box office attraction of the three stats will doubtless draw a big female following.As the sailors sojourn on the Island of Tahiti there are romantic scenes, but these arc shown wit limit vulgarity; indeed, they arehandled carefully and with rich finesse.The three leading artish* are as near perfection, histrionically, as is humanly possible- Character playeis do. their work, admirably, and so Mutiny on the. Bounty” may be pasescl as one of the hest dramatic j offerings on the Metropolitan roster.—H. E, S.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Nov 30, 1935
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