"ROMEO AND JULIET."

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1937, Page 5

"ROMEO AND JULIET."

A Great Motion Picture.

Deathless ,in its beauty, ■■ sublime la its passion, magnificent in.its spectacle, "Romeo and .Juliet," starring - Norms Shearer and Leslie ■ Howard in the world's most beloved romance, opens on Friday next at.. the" Majestic Theatre. "Romeo and. Juliet" as'it has been produced by Irving. G. Thalberg is a motion picture that, is truly great, a picture that, will bear seeing. again, and again, a picture that marks-an important step in the. advancement of entertainment -More radiant than ever. Miss Shearer, fulfils the promise sha gave as the lovely Elizabeth-Barrett in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street. It is her finest role. .' She rises •t9 every occasion in a part made lamous by the greatest actresses of "the stage. Her Juliet has a breathless expectancy, a feeling of vibrant youth so essential to the portrayal . Shakespeare's; immortal heroine. Howard's selection -.as Romeo was a happy one:. He is every inch Romeo. -Together ■• they , .'make these young lovers of Verona live again. Beginning with 'the -.- opening scenes, which' establish the. hatred of the Montagues and Capulets, whose feud causes the young lovers to marry in secret, . and continuing - with the. death of ■ Mercutio: at •.■ the hands of Tybalt, 'Romeo's slaying of Tybalt: to avenge; his .friend's death, his banishment, and' the-swift dramatic events, that follow, the .picture "is all action. The love story is woven like . a golden thread; through ; thil background of hate. . .