GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
"pick : Man's • Tolly,",- at the Grand Opera House, is, a remarkably. fine picture, though a!' rather. sad one; and the more remarkable la' that the • spirit and the theme of Charles Dlckens's great, story, "Dombey and Son," his been maintained in a modern setting, the great shipyards, arid offices of Trumbell and Son. builders of ocean liiiers. • The getting gives scope for spectacular backgrounds and the splendid 'cast makes possible the transcription of-the story of a man's all encompassing selfish ambition to the screen. George Bancroft is •Truinbell, the shipbuilder, riding rough shod over-everything for the-tradition of Trumbejl and' Sou. ' For his son only has he any affection, and his son dies. He smashes his selfish way;-ahead till, as his daughter (Frances Dee) foretells, he has only himself to break. ' And so. It is, for h» destroys his wealth deliberately in: a'great Bcene and finds at last a real happiness. Frances Des'3 portrayal of the neglected-daughter is a wonderfully finer one, and-altogether the picture is of a high standard." Mickey the Mouse • does one of his turns; there; are a couple- of news films, and »■ reminiscence of films of 20 and'Sfr years ago.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1932, Page 12
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196GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1932, Page 12
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