CANTERBURY REPERTORY SOCIETY

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22436, 24 June 1938, Page 3

CANTERBURY REPERTORY SOCIETY

“THE TWO MRS CARROLLS” Three women in love with an artist, Gepffrey Carroll, who himself is in love, not with personalities but only with his idea of the beautiful, provide' the plot of the Canterbury Repertory, Society’s next production, “The Two Mrs Carrolls.” Those taking part are Mr D. Dali, Miss N. Nicholson, Mrs A. Crowther, Miss Judy Barker, Mrs L. G. Pocock, Mrs V. Evans, Major Ashworth, and Mr Guy (CotterilL

AVON “MARIE WALEWSKA** Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer are starred in “Marie Walewska,” which begins at the Avon to-day. The film has its background in the spectacular Napoleonic period, and tells the love story of Napoleon and the Countess “Marie Walewska.” The plot of “Marie Walewska” deals with Napoleon’s visit to Poland, where he meets the Polish countess who becomes the great love of his life, and follows their romance to their, final, farewell at Elba. Among the historic characters brought to life are Talleyrand, played by Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal’s Captain D’Ornano, Count Walewska, played by Henry Stephenson, Napoleon’s mother, enacted by Dame May Whitty, and Prince Poinatowski, played by C. Henry Gordon. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer provided the story with settings and costumes of a spectacular nature, among the outstanding scenes being Napoleon’s tragic retreat from Moscow, the idyllic scenes at the beautiful Castle Finckenstein where Napoleon and Countess Walewska made a temporary Jiome, and the spectacular ballroom of the Poinatowski palace in Warsaw. In point of its magnitude of setting, lavishness, and the importance of a cast which numbers 32 speaking roles together with hundreds of extras, “Marie Walewska” is said to surpass even such previous spectacular Garbo hits as “Camille” and “Queen Christina.” The role of the Polish countess is said to offer Garbo her greatest acting opportunities as well as offering her an opportunity to appear in a wide variety of new fashion creations designed by the famous Adrian.