AMUSEMENTS.
PLAZA THEATRE. "A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT" It is probable that few more dramatic and better-acted films will be seen this year than "A Bill of Divorcement," the R.K.O. screen version of Clemence Dane's famous play, which will start next Saturday at> 'ho Plaza Theatre. It is a milestone in » . which has produced many exceptional pic tU There are two great names in the cast, and another that is destined to becon >® The two names already known are those ol Billie Burke and John Barrymore>; and[ the third, as yet unknown, is Katharine Hepburn. John Barrymore is at his best, P laylng ° it h of the most difficult roles of his careor with a superb certainty and a variation of shading. Billie Burke has a lifetime ol acting experience, and Elizabeth ■ David Maniiers, Paul Cavanagh, and.He y Stephenson are skilled players. M » Hep burn not only holds her own them, but she displays in every gesture, inflection, ami movement the unmistakeable innate gft expression that distinguishes tho great acto or actress from the merely good one.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20788, 23 February 1933, Page 7
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