AMUSEMENTS.
1 : «P PLAZA THEATRE. 1 ** A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT." : It is probable that few more dramatic and if I l»<>-*tr-,n:ted films will be teen this year than J" | "A Bill of Divorcement," the R.K.O. screen Ji i version of Clomcnca Dane's famous play, ■| j -which will start to-morrow at the Plaza 'i i Theatre. It is a milestone in a season iff ' which, has produced many • exceptional - picj ' > tiire-s. |l I Tii'Te are two great names in the 'east, [I »vd another that is destined to become peat. if ! The two names already known are those of ;f I Bilii-! Burke and John Barrj-more; and the If j t!.irii, as yet unknown, is Katharine Hepburn. !j John Barrymore is at his best, playing one Ji •£ the most difficult roles of bis career with 'l;' a superb certainly and a dazzling variation •I. of. nhsdinir. Billie Burko has a lifetime of '■• 4H-41115 experience, and Elizabeth Patterson, - | "David Manners, Paul Cavanagh, and Henry f SMyplH'Tißon are skilled players. Miss Hep- •\ burn not only holds her .own with them, but ••• »ht displays in every gesture, inflection, anil ;i » jn"v-«H:"nt the unmistakeable innate gift of * tTorwion that distinguishes the great actor I «r actress from the merely good one.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20789, 24 February 1933, Page 8
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