REMBRANDT.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 22

REMBRANDT.

For nearly three centuries, the storj of Rembrandt's life, his loves, wa: locked An a treasure trove of painting: —the most wonderful the world ha: ever s£en. Only a chosen few helc the secret of the dark tragedies, the soaring.'triumphs at which his magnificent canvases hinted. Now comes Alexander Korda with his extraordinary penchant for bringing the famous of the past to life again on the screen and now the whole world can share the extraordinary story of the life of the world's greatest lover of beauty, as Charles Naughton- comes to the screen in the title role of "Rembrandt." For the first time since .their tour de force in "The Private Life of Henry VIII,' the producer and the actor join talents in the production of "Rembrandt.': Rembrandt immortalised the women he loved in his canvases, and there was a procession'of ■them. Saskia, whose loveliness floats through so many oi his'wonderful pictures, the possessive Goqrtjej played by Gertrude Lawrence, and the tender Hendrickje in the person of Elsa Lanchester Against, the colour and liveliness oi Dutch life' of his period, Rembrandt's extraordinary story unfolds. ' The struggles, the swift rise to power ol this extraordinary genius are depicted on the screen; then his sudden ruin precipitated by an error in judgment by the obstinate pride of the creator of beauty. Then ensues the tenderesi interlude in his too stormy life, the story of his ill starred love for Hendrickje ; Stoffels. It is on this note that the picture closes.