"Tovarich," presented by our local amateurs last week has been pronounced one of the greatest successes which the company has given us. There was a definite story contained therein, situations were amusing, and the dressing and staging were very good indeed.
Of course we always like to see Mrs. Gardner Crane in any show, for she can interpret any part successfully. We all loved the display of delightfully vulgar jewels which she had to wear as the wife of a rich bourgeois, and, since that beautiful golden hair suits her so well I cannot think why she does not adopt it for keeps The A.D.C. is often unlucky in that during the nights they are producing some super attraction is often showing at the local picture houses, but fortunately this time "The Good Earth" appeared the week before. High praise is being accorded th picture and especially Luise Rainer's marvellous portrayal of the farmer's wife. One would think that she should get the prize of the year for" her perfect characterization. This wonderful actress must have thought along Chinese lines during the screening, for every movement, every expression was perfect, One could read the line of her thought long before her most expressive features, not always articulation. gave indication of what that was. She used her hands like a Chinese woman, and walked like one. This last, Paul Muni, for all his good acting failed to do. He walked and often moved like a foreigner, while at times he was too well-groomed for a simple farmer.
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