"BEAU BRUMMEL."

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 79, 30 September 1924, Page 3

"BEAU BRUMMEL."

John Barrymore, paragon of actors, and the last word in matinee idols, will bo seen at the Empress Theatre on Friday in the starring role of "Beau Brummell," the screen adaptation of the famed Clyde Fitch play. As the dandy par excellence, the dandy who dominated the Court of the Prince Regent, the exquisite dresser and insolently superb wit, John Barrymore carries off honours. He seems made for the role, being, like the character of the Beau, the perfect flower of a gentleman. He is splendid when he ingratiates himself into the good graces of the Prince Regent, admirable when he saves the reputation of a too impetuous young lady, enviable when he collects around him all the cream of English society to listen to his epigrams and examine his cut of clothes, and pitiful when, toward the close, he becomes a parody of his past splendour. The hectic career of the Beau is followed with rapt interest. The supporting cast, which deserves high praise, consists of Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Irene Rich, Alec B.; Francis, Carmel Myers, William Humphreys,. Richard Tucker, Andre de Beranger, and others. The able direction is by Harry Beaumont. The supports are of equal merit.