"THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL."
Coming to The Regent.
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" is said to leave critics vainly groping for superlatives, longing to find one that has not been lessened in value by its misuse in advertisements. This new Alexander Korda production, commencing a season at the Regent Theatre on, Friday, July 12. is claimed.to be unquestionably the finest British picture of' this, or "any other year, and probably deserves the prize for the' best film produced anywhere during 1934. it merits superlatives, of the highest value. Alexander Korda has achieved his greatest success as a producer. Leslie Howard's performance is a sheer delight, arid by far the finest he has ever contributed to the screen. The foppish London clubman and the "demned elusive Pimpernel" are' both portrayed by Howard with' incomparable polish, charm and resource. The settings are consistently fine, and the attention to detail is remarkable in such scenes as the Grenville Ball, the outdoor boxing ring, and the guillotines of Paris and Boulogne. The rest of the cast is extremely competent—Merle Oberon is a delightful Lady Blakeney, Nigdl Bruce a realistic Prince Regent, and Raymond Massey. sinister but veal, is ideally cast as the villain Chauvelin. Altogether, this is a picture which everyone should see. . _~ ..:■,..,
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 6
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