"DU BARRY, WOMAN OF PASSION."
LAVISH FILM FOR REGENT.
"Du Barry, Woman of Passion," the screen version of the well-known Belasco play, will have it screen premiere at the Recent Theatre to-morrow. "This is an excellent film," states Harrison's New York journal. "The picture has been nroduced artistically, the direction is masterlv the acting effective, and the settings lavish and beautiful The story deals with the love affairs of Madame Du Barry, the French milliner, who won tfe favours of King Louis XV. ot France There is pathos in the scenes ST Show DU Barry's love for the voung guardsman who was in love with her Ind whose heart she broke when she became the king's favourite; there are thrills when the young hero offers to sacrifice his life for her; he lias been Soled hy the king, who wanted no rival, and having escaped, he becomes barter of the revolutionists. The eSdta' t intensely dramatic." Norma eiiaiHo * h a brilliant SJSml'in -oSiIU." "lis ««» role. Conrad Nagel and Wll.am Farnum'head a talented supportmg cast.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 9
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