-. Bidney Blackmer John Carradine Alan Dinehart Douglas Fowley Robert MeWade -. Frank Conroy Sig Rumanh it is a pleasure to see, as at the Grand Theatre yesterday in "His Affair," that an old hand, Mr. Victor MeLaglen of both stage and cinema, more than holds his own with a couple, comparatively speaking, of novices at the trade, In a drama dealing with the late nineties, which incorporates much of that atmosphere, Mr. Robert Taylor and Miss Barbara Stanwyck hold the romantic element of the era in which President Mc-Kinley takes an executive interest in suppressing the bank robberies which prevailed in the Middle West. The early portion of the film portrays cabaret and gangster life mode, with a slight sprinkling of romance, which does not develop fully until the hero, Mr, Taylor, is in danger of losing his life. From this point onwards, action propre: bidly, com-parahly with any film shown since early spring. "Those who favour the youthful hero may be disappointed in the part assigned to him, but on the other hand Mr. McLaglen's host of admirers, which has multiplied greatly since "The Informer," wil be glad to learn that he has in no manner lost any of his characteristic art. The entire supporting cast are truly typed better than usual, it might be said, but to the make-up staff of 20th-Century Fox and the casting bureau full marks must be given for their inimitable selection of Mr. Sidney Blackmer as "Teddy" Roosevelt, Mr. Robert MeWade as Admiral Dewey and Mr. Frank Conroy as President McKinley. In spite of the film's general excellence, no one should miss it because of these three player
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