REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 5

REGENT THEATRE.

Impersonating of one man by another, as the basis of a story orl play, tins never been so skilfully handled as In "The Masquorader," tho talkie version of which is now being shown ■at the Regent Theatre. With Konald Colraah and Elissa Landl In the leading parts, the picturo promises to eclipse In popularity the famous dramatisation of Katherlno Cecil Thurston's novel upon which It is based. Modern scenes of political turmoil," riot, and Parliamentary crises, impossible in the play, add materially to the success of the modern version. The picture is another triumph for the deservedly popular Ronald Colman, who handles with consummate ease and by his histrionic ability alone, the conflicting double part of John Chilcote, the member of Parliament, reduced by drugs to a physical and mental wreck, and John Loder, his cousin, who saves the-family honour in a crisis by stepping Into Chllcote'a shoes, but shamefully neglects Cliilcote's unofficial wife In favour of the hitherto disregarded real wife, whom, of course, he eventually wins, after Chilcote's death. Colman'g acting In both parts was perfect, and lie was admirably supported by the dainty Eltssa Land], aa Eve Chilcote, while every other member of the cast assisted to make this United Artists' production one of tho most absorbing screen stories of the year. A better picture could not bo recommended to those who like a straightforward story which relies on faultless acting rather than lavish spectacle to obtain its effect.