"THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH."

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18969, 6 April 1927, Page 5

"THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH."

FAMOUS STORY IN PICTURE. All or Harold Bell Wright's Tories are famous, but none is more widely known, none more deservedly popuUr, none more obviously the fruit of this prolific writer m his most brilliant and entertaining mood than "The Winning of Barbara North," a strongly dramatic tale of the American desert, and how that pitiless force mars a mail, and is ruthless in elt '' er- tstory has been picturised, directed by nenn King, the man who has a list of P rou !> *" c " cesses to his credit, and with lima and Ronald Colman heading the cast. *ne Winning of Barbara Worth" "ill be piescuted at the Grand Theatre next week. " is a comparatively simple matter the actual production, but it is altos t another pair of shoes when it comes to t - writing of the story. There is so much o everything which makes for superlatively good drama, so much of swift, cleanly-cut vonianf. , so much naturally thrilling interest, that the entirety presonts a whirling spectaclo o events and theatrical effects. There is entiling in the story to make it «r e f " (his everything has been constructed 1, master hand; the events.follow orderly, bu l in? themselves up to a climax which is the acme of at once emotionalism, melodrama, and the director's lova of the human, realistic touch. It is a drama of the desert, but with what n difference. Hero « re "° bI J ' noused sheiks, uo abductions, no palms, no tents: it is the desert, American it is tru . the descvt as it really is. and the object of "Tho Winning of Barbara Worth i;. not to tell in flowery words of the exotic romance and fiery passion of t' lo ' . • wastes, but of what man, ill his t . energy, can make of (hose undulating ) it is a romance of irrigation, absorbing, • cinntjng, infinitely mora ontertainmf:, and conspicuously more intelligent , . sverapo effusions about deserts. 5; man and Yilma Banky sustain - other interest, although not allowing tbe other artists to do all the technical and engineer ine feats in the story. While the supporting cast is of the highest calibre, composed of sterling players. Celman am} thi beautiful Banky command prior interest; they are both artists of decision and grace, and the> have it in their power to make anj pictu .. There is no requirement, however, for them to make "The Winning of Barbara V< orlli. It was there before them; they 1)Ut ; ac ?®" Innte its wide appeal, instil more life into its already vital fascination The. bos pans for this attraction open at Hie Bristol ] i a Company tomorrow morning, where may be reserved.