“LLOYDS OF LONDON’

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 153, 25 March 1937, Page 15

“LLOYDS OF LONDON’

Pageant of the Birth of the

Empire

The emotional glory of a woman's love, the flaming courage of a hero's lie, and the vengeful fury of a husband’s hate, bring intrigue, romance and adventure to “Lloyd’s of London,” the Twentieth Century-Fox picture, which will open on Saturday at the Plaza Theatre. Tyrone Power, as the enterprising head of the great underwriting firm, is destined for screen fame through his magnificent portrayal, opposite beautiful Madeleine Carroll, of a forbidden love, a romance which changed the fate of a nation. Freddie Bartholomew is co-starred with Miss Carroll, and the cast also features Sir Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, and Virginia Field. Set against the turbulent canvas of the beginnings of British supremacy of the seas, the romance serves to focus into a stirring kaleidoscope the birth of the Empire and the growth of the world’s most extixordinary and exciting business organisation. An integral part of the fortunes of Great Britain, Lloyd’s of London found her early struggles closely bound up with marine policies, and Jonathan Blake innovated the now famous procedure of insuring everything and anything. The Battle of Trafalgar, which founded Britain’s sea power and ensured the greatness of a new commercial era, is the climax of the picture.