"THE ROAD BACK."

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 112, 13 May 1937, Page 21

"THE ROAD BACK."

Those m New Zealand who have read Erich Maria, Remarque's "The Road Back," dramatic sequel to "All Quiet on the Western Front," will know it is a book of value. They will also,realise what fine possibilities are provided for a film showing the struggle of the returned German soldier to reinstate himself in society. The New Universal have also become aware of these dramatic possibilities in the screening of "Th e Road Back," and James Whale, who made "Show Boat," has been given the job of directing the new picture. "All Quiet' on the Western Front" was perhaps the most successful talkie which Universal ever made. It caused more comment and took more money at the box-office than most pictures ever have. The New Universal Studios lot has resounded to the rumble and roar of re-enacted battles in recent weeks during the filming of World War scenes which preface the more' peaceful moments of the sequel. Hundreds of soldiers, representing many nations and garbed in vari-coloured military uniforms, grovelled in muddy trenches, charged Over barbed-wire • barricades, or fell before the withering blast of machine-guns as they enacted their roles. After the completion of the, battlefield scenes, work on the pic-ture-will continue on a four-acre set representing the German city of Klosterburg.